Hitler's Secret Mission to Free Benito Mussolini | Otto Skorzeny's Gran Sasso Raid (WW2)

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I just discovered your channel, and am glad I did. While I have been a lifelong student of WWII history, this is one remarkable mission I had never heard of. Thanks for telling the story. Brian.

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[@HoH]

'The Eagle has landed' (1976) is as close as you'll get to a movie about this event. It basically starts in the aftermath of this mission, with a follow-up mission to abduct Winston Churchill.

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There is a nice video about it: Gran Sasso Raid - kzbin.info/www/bejne/jJKTooyjrp6SmLc

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[@arcadiacohousing]

Check out the role of Otto Harald Mors in this rescue mission. Many sources actually credit him with planning it (under Student), though Skorzeny was a more colorful character and got most of the credit.

[@bretnielsen5502]

I have Skorzeny's bust and photo up on the wall and a copy of his book he later wrote while living in Spain. I have lived according to his philosophy on the edge daring to take the chance earning a good living..

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[@GardnerWoods]

If you visit Ascoli Piceno, the other side of the Grand Sasso on the plain of the Adriatic, there’s a stained glass triptych depicting soldiers in German uniforms. I don’t know why, but it’s a fascinating thing to see in an 12th century church. A few years ago there were some seriously bad earthquakes around there and old churches were damaged so I’m not sure what state it’s in.

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[@gregway70]

Skorzeny had nothing to do with the planning of the glider operation. Student allowed Skorzeny to go along with some of his men but without any authority and subordinate to Major Mors, who was in command of the forces. Your presentation of the operational events is incorrect.

[@elizabethrainwater8440]

Could we get some information about Ernst Kaltenbrunner, head of the RHSA. Very little information about him. Any good information on his friendship with Otto Skorzeny.

[@adriancarabajal]

How did the rest of the german soldiers make it back home?

[@alfredmol2771]

FYI Gran Sasso is just 2 hr by car from Rome, so should not be too difficult.

[@shawngilliland243]

They drove out on the Italian roads. The Germans hadn't wished to risk Mussolini being recaptured by the Italian army or partisans, so they flew him out. The German soldiers didn't seem worried about trouble from the Italians, army or partisans, so they just drove back toward Rome.

[@henryrross9180]

In the footage from the event everyone but Mussolini is in good spirits

[@HoH]

It is quite incredible they photographed the whole event and the photographs are in the public domain. The German propaganda machine certainly had a field day in the aftermath.

[@Blake4014]

the dude was morally defeated, knew that the war was lost and his attempt to salvage the situation was fruitless, despite Hitlers attempt to motivate him.

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13:02 The most top heavy army ever. Ratio of soldiers to officers is one to ten xD

[@geraldross5180]

The man standing to the right of Mussolini I worked with him in General Motors in Oshawa and I know the name he was using had been changed. He had been in Paraguay in 1946. He was never taken prisoner at the end of the war.

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The only ~mission ballsier than this was when the First Special Service Force climbing the backside of Mt. La Defensa in Italy to attack the Germans from their rear.

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