Un Dг A Como Hoy 1943 La Operaciгіn Roble Hitler Rescata A Mussolini During world war ii, the gran sasso raid (codenamed unternehmen eiche, german pronunciation: [ʊntɐˌneːmən ˈaɪ̯çə] ⓘ, literally "operation oak", by the german military [1]) on 12 september 1943 was a successful operation by german paratroopers and waffen ss commandos to rescue the deposed fascist dictator benito mussolini from custody in the gran sasso d'italia massif. In the summer of 1943, after mussolini had become the prisoner of italy’s badoglio government, it was skorzeny whom hitler personally assigned to rescue the duce. after weeks of dime thriller spy work he located mussolini in a remote hotel on the 5,560 ft. peak of the gran sasso in the abruzzo mountains northeast of rome.
Image Of Adolf Hitler Meets Benito Mussolini After The Liberation Raid Operation eiche: the rescue of benito mussolini. it’s an understatement to say that 1943 hadn’t been a good year for italian dictator benito mussolini. his desire to hold sway over the whole of north africa had ended in humiliating defeat; his disastrous decision to send unwilling troops to the eastern front to fight an increasingly. A shaken mussolini left the palace, only to be confronted by a captain of the carabinieri, who directed him to a red cross ambulance. the rear door opened—to reveal a squad of police armed with submachine guns. at gunpoint, the now former italian dictator was shoved inside. Seen here before world war ii, adolf hitler (right) wanted to rescue benito mussolini (left) from imprisonment in 1943. source: yale university press despite some wartime disagreements between the pair, hitler was distraught by the arrest of mussolini and wanted to return the original fascist dictator to power. On september 12, 1943, skorzeny and his team flew to italy and landed their gliders on the mountain ridge overlooking the hotel. they quickly overpowered the italian guards and freed mussolini from captivity. the italian dictator was flown to germany, where he was greeted by a jubilant hitler.
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