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World War II: Benito Mussolini is rescued from house arrest by German commando forces led by Otto Skorzeny.
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Gran Sasso raid
Prison escape of Benito Mussolini with German help
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Austrian Waffen-SS officer (1908–1975)
Otto Johann Anton Skorzeny was an Austrian-born German SS-Standartenführer in the Waffen-SS during World War II. During the war, he was involved in a number of operations, including the removal from power of Hungarian Regent Miklós Horthy and the Gran Sasso raid that rescued…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)