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During World War II, the Gran Sasso raid (codenamed Unternehmen Eiche, German pronunciation:[ʊntɐˌneːmənˈaɪ̯çə]ⓘ, 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. The airborne operation was personally ordered by Adolf Hitler, approved by General Kurt Student and planned and executed by Major Harald Mors.
Cassibile, until his liberation by the German paratroopers as part the GranSassoraid. Today, it serves as the main lodging for the ski resort of the same...
he commanded a battalion of Fallschirmjäger and planned and led the GranSassoraid to rescue Benito Mussolini following his arrest in September 1943....
general during World War II, mostly known for his involvement in the GranSassoraid. During the First World War he fought as a lieutenant in the "Piemonte...
including the removal from power of Hungarian Regent Miklós Horthy and the GranSassoraid which rescued Benito Mussolini from captivity. Skorzeny led Operation...
and German Intelligence operative. In 1943, he participated in the GranSassoraid rescuing Benito Mussolini from prison. According to Manuel Contreras...
information that helped to free the Italian leader Benito Mussolini in the GranSassoraid in September 1943. In early 1945 the unit was moved to Mauthausen-Gusen...
installed as leader after he was rescued by German paratroopers in the GranSassoraid. As a result, the Italian Co-belligerent Army was created to fight...
Italian state to be created. Three days following his rescue in the GranSassoraid, Mussolini was taken to Germany for a meeting with Hitler in Rastenburg...
plateau located above GranSasso massif, the largest plateau of Apennine ridge. Known as "Little Tibet", it is located in GranSasso e Monti della Laga National...
Shortly after the Armistice, Mussolini was rescued from prison in the GranSassoraid by German special forces, and Hitler installed him as leader of the...
war, some examples being the rescue operation of Benito Mussolini at GranSasso and emergency re-supply operations in Russia, North Africa and Eastern...
musicologist and member of the Grateful Dead; in Brooklyn In the GranSassoraid, German SS Sturmbannfuhrer Otto Skorzeny led a rescue of Benito Mussolini...
A military raid is a mission where the main objective is to demoralize, destroy valuable enemy installations, free prisoners, gather intelligence, or capture...
dictator Benito Mussolini from a boulder-strewn mountain-top near the GranSasso. On 26 April 1945, a Storch was one of the last aircraft to land on the...
signing of the surrender to the Allies. After the Nazi-engineered GranSassoraid liberated Mussolini, the National Fascist Party (PNF) was revived on...
Pietro Badoglio's government on 27 July. After the Nazi-engineered GranSassoraid liberated Mussolini in September, the PNF was revived as the Republican...
in Eichsfeld district, Germany Operation Eiche, also known as the GranSassoraid in World War II Genrich Eiche (1893–1968), Latvian military historian...
Preziosi and Roberto Farinacci, he had fled to Nazi Germany before the GranSassoraid and met up with Il Duce there after Otto Skorzeny's capture of the...
1943, German paratroopers rescued Mussolini from his captors via the GranSassoraid. He was then installed as the leader of the Italian Social Republic...
imprisonment. Later in 1943, Mussolini was freed by Nazi Germany during the GranSassoraid and installed in Northern Italy as head of a new state, the Italian...
theatrical production, at the Schauspielhaus Zürich. September 12 – WWII: GranSassoraid – German paratroopers rescue Mussolini from imprisonment, in Unternehmen...
confiscated all of its assets. On 12 September Mussolini was rescued in the GranSassoraid by German Luftwaffe Fallschirmjäger (paratroopers) led by General Kurt...
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