In response to German advances during the early stages of World War II, Allied guerrilla movements sprang up all over Europe. When the tide turned against Germany, the Nazis became painfully aware that they themselves had no effective guerrilla groups to deal with the Allied advance. In 1944, Heinrich Himmler, head of the notorious SS, ordered the formation of a group known as Hitler’s Werewolves to fight behind enemy lines. -- From the book jacket.

List of maps / drawn by Patrick Leeson : Operation Carnival March/April 1945 -- Position of the US 1st Army September, 1944 -- The Alpine redoubt May 1945.

The drop -- The victim -- The Werewolves -- Operation Carnival -- The last battle.