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swill321
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Posted 3 Years, 9 Months ago #1
Who exactly carried out the liberation of Benito Mussolini in 1943? According to most histories of WWII it was Otto Skorzeny, but I remember watching a documentary (which I still have on tape) of the 1960's, featuring interviews to some top German diplomats in Italy during WWII. What surprised me was that according to all of them Mussolini was actually liberated by a Major Morse, a Swiss who had joined the German armed forces, and that the credit was given to Skorzeny and the SS for purely political reasons. Apparently Skorzeny asked Morse at the last minute whether he could go along, and when the party came back from Italy they found that the German press was giving credit entirely to Skorzeny and the SS. Does anyone have more info on this? Thanks,

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lakid
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Posted 3 Years, 9 Months ago #2
IIRC, James Lucas' book 'Storming Eagles' has something on this. I believe that the main component of the Gran Sasso raiding force was composed of army paratroopers.

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