30-482: The Eagle Has Landed may refer to: The Eagle Has Landed (novel) , 1975 novel by Jack Higgins The Eagle Has Landed (film) , 1976 film based on the novel The Eagle Has Landed (album) , 1982 album by the band Saxon The Eagle Has Landed , 1983 song by the band Saxon on Power & the Glory The Eagle Has Landed – Part II , 1996 album by
60-595: A Feldwebel , which was the highest rank a career soldier could reach. Since the German officer corps was immensely class conscious a rise through the ranks from a NCO to become an officer was hardly possible except in times of war. The Unteroffizierskorps was made up of professional soldiers which formed the backbone of German armies. This tradition has not been changed by the Bundeswehr where all ranks of Unteroffizier and up consist only of professional soldiers who sign up for
90-678: A firing squad, Steiner and his men were allowed to transfer to a penal unit in the Channel Islands . There they are forced to make high-risk attacks with human torpedoes against Allied ships in the English Channel. Radl travels to Alderney and recruits Steiner and his surviving men. Steiner's father, General Steiner, is being tortured by the Gestapo for his alleged ties to the German Resistance . This serves as an additional incentive for
120-522: A mill race. He is killed by the water wheel and his German uniform (worn under the Polish uniforms, as protection against being executed as spies) is seen by several of the villagers. Determined to continue the mission, Steiner arranges for the locals to be rounded up, but the sister of Father Vereker, the local priest, escapes and alerts a nearby unit of US Army Rangers . Colonel Robert Shafto, an inexperienced but glory-seeking officer, rallies his forces to retake
150-480: A period extending conscription. Unteroffizier is one of the few German military ranks whose insignia has remained unchanged over the past one hundred years. The shoulder boards of a modern Unteroffizier are relatively similar to the World War I and World War II designs. A modern-day German Bundeswehr Unteroffizier typically commands squad sized formations or acts as an assistant platoon NCO . The rank
180-615: A similar plan to kidnap the British Prime Minister Winston Churchill . Admiral Wilhelm Canaris , head of the Abwehr (German military intelligence), is ordered to make a feasibility study of capturing Churchill and taking him to the Reich. Canaris realises that although Hitler will soon forget the matter, Himmler will not. Fearing Himmler may try to discredit him, Canaris orders one of his officers, Oberst Radl, to undertake
210-477: A wounded veteran of the British Army , he contacts Mrs. Grey, who arranges a position for him as gamekeeper to the estate of Studley Grange. While awaiting further developments, Devlin becomes romantically involved with Molly Prior, a girl from the village. Meanwhile, Radl selects the members of the " commando style " unit, to be led by disgraced Fallschirmjäger commander Lieutenant Colonel Kurt Steiner, which
240-532: Is also used in the modern-day German Air Force . In the Bundeswehr the grade of Stabsunteroffizier (a junior NCO) ranks between Unteroffizier and Feldwebel . By the East German National People's Army (NP's A) and the Border troops the grade was introduced in 1956, comparable to NATO OR-6b . The rank insignia remained almost identically to these Wehrmacht and Reichswehr . There designation of
270-629: Is certain the plan has real possibilities, Admiral Canaris orders him to abandon it. Himmler, however, has already learned of the scheme and summons Radl. He orders him to proceed, but without informing Canaris. In response, Radl arranges for Liam Devlin , a member of the Irish Republican Army who served as an officer in the Lincoln Battalion in the Spanish Civil War , to be smuggled to Norfolk by way of Northern Ireland . Posing as
300-452: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages The Eagle Has Landed (novel) The Eagle Has Landed is a book by British writer Jack Higgins , set during World War II and first published in 1975. It was quickly adapted into a British film of the same name , released in 1976. The book makes use of the false document technique, and opens with Higgins describing his discovery of
330-612: Is older and acts as a mentor to Sean Dillon and Martin Brosnan. In Higgins' novel Confessional (1985), Devlin allies with MI6 to prevent a rogue KGB assassin from murdering Pope John Paul II . Unteroffizier Unteroffizier ( lit. ' Under officer ' ) is a junior non-commissioned officer rank used by the Bundeswehr . It is also the collective name for all non-commissioned officers in Austria and Germany . It
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#1732934419000360-715: Is shot and supposedly killed. (However, Steiner reappears alive in The Eagle Has Flown , a quasi-sequel.) In Germany, Radl has had a heart attack, implied to be fatal. At about the same time, Himmler, upon discovering that the mission has failed, orders Radl's arrest for high treason . This account is surrounded by a frame story with a prologue and epilogue, a technique that Higgins uses in other of his novels. The author, whilst doing historical research in Norfolk , supposedly meets various surviving characters.The final revelation comes from an aged and terminally ill Father Vereker: at
390-581: Is supposed to carry out the operation. While returning from the Eastern Front, Steiner had intervened when SS soldiers were rounding up Jews at a railway station in Poland. To the outrage of the SS and Polizei , he took one of their men hostage and helped a teenage Jewish girl to escape on a passing freight train. For this he was court-martialled, along with his men, who backed his actions. Too highly decorated to face
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450-505: The Colonel to accept the mission. Radl relocates Steiner and his men to an airfield on the north western coast of Holland , where they familiarise themselves with the British weapons and equipment they will be using. The team will be air-dropped into Norfolk from a captured C-47 Dakota with Allied markings. The commandos outfit themselves as Free Polish paratroopers, as few of them speak English;
480-588: The NCO trainings course (new) on the Heeresunteroffiziersakademie (HUAk) in Enns . After positive HUAk-graduation regular assignments to a Unteroffizier might be squad leader (de: Gruppenkommandant ), or service in a military staff or headquarters . In German military, Unteroffizier ("subordinate officer") is both a specific military rank as well as a generic term for any non-commissioned officer (NCO) in
510-497: The army and air force, while in the navy the term Deckoffizier is used. It has existed since the 17th century. Unteroffizier means a specific junior NCO rank of both the Heer and Luftwaffe . It is placed between Gefreiter and Feldwebel , roughly equivalent to a British/Commonwealth army Corporal . Until the end of German Reich , the equivalent of Unteroffizier rank in Jäger units
540-464: The band Saxon The Eagle Has Landed – Part III , 2006 album by the band Saxon "The Eagle Has Landed", a song by Nebula from their 2006 album Apollo "The Eagle Has Landed", 2016 song from Feathers & Flesh by the band Avatar The Eagle Has Landed (statue) , a statue unveiled in 2019, dedicated to the Apollo 11 crew See also [ edit ] Apollo 11 , for the quotation from
570-505: The concealed grave of thirteen German paratroopers in an English graveyard. The characters discuss the historic rescue of Hitler's ally Benito Mussolini in September 1943. After Mussolini was deposed and imprisoned by the Italian government, Otto Skorzeny led a German team and achieved his release and escape from Italy. Adolf Hitler , with the strong support of Heinrich Himmler , considered
600-594: The hostages. Without notifying headquarters, he orders a foolhardy assault in which many Americans are killed. After the Colonel is shot in the head by Mrs. Grey, Major Harry Kane, Shafto's Executive officer in the Rangers, organises a second, successful attack. Steiner, his second-in-command Ritter von Neumann, and Devlin escape with Molly's aid. Determined to finish the mission, Steiner allows Devlin and Neumann to escape without him and decides to make one last attempt at Churchill. He succeeds in reaching Churchill, but hesitates,
630-413: The plan is to infiltrate Studley Constable, capture Churchill, rendezvous with an E-boat at the nearby coast, and make their escape. As part of the ruse, they arm themselves with Sten guns , M1 Garands , Bren guns and revolvers , as well as Browning Hi-Powers , instead of German weaponry. At first, the plan seems to go off without a hitch. But one of Steiner's NCOs rescues a young girl who fell into
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#1732934419000660-477: The rank Wachtmeister (OR5). Training and education of the Unteroffizier corps was reformed in 1995 and until 2000 finally introduced to the armed forces. First effected were professional NCOs of the assignment group M BUO 1 (Stabsunteroffiziere, staff NCO's), followed by the assignment group M BUO 2 (Unteroffiziere, NCO's). In the result of a positive entrance examination aspirants attended
690-459: The specific rank, is in modern-day usage considered the equivalent to sergeant under the NATO rank scale. Historically the Unteroffizier rank was considered a corporal and thus similar in duties to a British Army corporal. In peacetime an Unteroffizier was a career soldier who trained conscripts or led squads and platoons. He could rise through the ranks to become an Unteroffizier mit Portepee , i.e.
720-417: The study, despite feeling that it is all a waste of effort. An Unteroffizier on Radl's staff finds that one of their spies, codenamed Starling , has provided a tantalising piece of intelligence. "At any other time, in any other place, this information would be useless," Radl said. "And then synchronicity rears its disturbing head." Churchill is scheduled to spend a relaxing weekend at a country house near
750-465: The time of his supposed visit to Norfolk, Churchill was en route to the Tehran Conference . The "Churchill" whom Steiner nearly killed was an impersonator , meaning that even if Steiner had fatally shot the man, the government would not have been affected. This book rapidly became a bestseller. As of 2010, it has sold more than 50 million copies. The film rights were purchased and an adaptation
780-517: The two classes of non-commissioned officers, i.e. "Unteroffiziere ohne Portepee" and "Unteroffiziere mit Portepee", was generally disapproved by the East German communist military leadership, and consequently uncustomary. There sequence of grades was as follows: In the Russian Imperial Army , the rank of Unteroffizier (Under Officer, Russian : унтер-офицер ) was borrowed from Germany. From
810-456: The village of Studley Constable, Norfolk , where Joanna Grey, an Afrikaner woman and longtime Abwehr agent, lives. She detests England because she was abused and raped by British soldiers, and her husband, daughter, and parents were killed during the Second Boer War . As a result of her reports, Radl devises a detailed plan to intercept Churchill and transport him to Germany. Although Radl
840-553: Was Oberjäger . The term Unteroffizier continues to be used by the German Bundeswehr . Informally, the non-commissioned officers " mit Portepee " are often called " Feldwebel ranks", which creates confusion as the collective term Unteroffizier already exists. The word Unteroffizier , in turn, is getting a third meaning, namely: non-commissioned officer ohne Portepee , as opposed to " Feldwebel ranks". Unteroffizier translates as "subordinate-officer" and, when meaning
870-513: Was formerly a rank in the Imperial Russian Army . Unteroffizier(e) , also Unteroffizier corps , is the collective name to all junior NCO-ranks in the modern day's Austrian Bundesheer . It comprises the ranks of the assignment group M BUO 2 (professional NCO 2; de: Berufsunteroffizier 2) with the rank Oberwachtmeister (OR6), and M ZUO 2 (time serving NCO 2; de: Zeitunteroffizier 2) with
900-457: Was quickly prepared. In 1976, a British film of the same name was released, the last film directed by John Sturges . It starred Michael Caine , Donald Sutherland , Jenny Agutter , and Robert Duvall . Its success also stimulated more book sales. Higgins wrote a sequel called The Eagle Has Flown , which was published in 1991. It was also set during World War II. Higgins featured his character of Liam Devlin in several later thrillers. He
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