Right at 1 a.m. on Saturday, November 6, 1943 . Reichsfuehrer SS and head of the state secret police Heinrich Himmler received a simple at first glance message: "Eagle landed" But this meant that a small detachment of German paratroopers landed safely in England with the task of stealing Prime Minister Winston Churchill from an estate in Norfolk, where he spent a quiet weekend by the sea. The book you hold in your hands is an attempt to recreate the events around this action. At least half of what is told is documented historical fact. The reader himself must decide what of the second half is fiction, and what is the fruit of reflection.