Sitting Ducks pieces together the story of an impossible and
lesser-known WWII mission. In December 1944, during the bloody Battle of
the Bulge, teams of German commandos disguised as American soldiers
slipped behind the US front lines. Riding in captured US jeeps, they
committed sabotage, sowed confusion, and caused paranoia among American
troops. Word quickly spread that the undercover commandos were out to
kill US General Eisenhower. Popular legend has made the false flag
operation out to be a skilled and menacing ploy with cunning German
spies speaking American English. Their commander, propaganda hero SS Lt.
Col. Otto Skorzeny, seemed a mastermind. But the reality was much
different, and all the more deadly. The planning and training were
slapdash, the mission desperate, its chances slim to none.