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Rescuing Mussolini - Gran Sasso 1943

By: Osprey

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Raid

Last Stocked on 7/17/2019

Product Info

Title
Rescuing Mussolini - Gran Sasso 1943
Publisher
Product Line
Category
Author
Robert Forczyk
Publish Year
2010
Pages
64
Dimensions
7.25x9.75x.25"
NKG Part #
2147428360
MFG. Part #
OSPRAID009
Type
Softcover
Series
RAID9

Description

The successful rescue of imprisoned Italian dictator Benito Mussolini from atop the Gran Sasso plateau was one of the most dramatic special forces operations in military history. Arrested by his own officers in July 1943, Mussolini had been whisked away to an isolated and heavily guarded mountaintop resort, the Hotel Campo Imperatore which could only be reached by a heavily guarded cable car station. The Germans, led by SS Haupsturmf hrer Otto Skorzeny, launched a daring Glider-borne assault, which surprised the Italian guards and secured Mussolini without a shot being fired. However, when the original escape plan had to be scrapped, the Germans organize a desperate, last minute airborne extraction to escape before the Italians could launch a counter attack.