Rescuing Mussolini: Gran Sasso 1943
The successful rescue of imprisoned Italian dictator Benito Mussolini from atop the Gran Sasso plateau by German glider-borne troops on 12 September 1943 was one of the most dramatic Special Forces operations in military history. Arrested by his own officers in July 1943, Mussolini had been whisked away to an isolated and heavily-guarded mountain-top resort, the Hotel Campo Imperatore at Gran Sasso, which could only be reached by a heavily guarded cable car station. It was clear to the Germans - who wished to rescue Mussolini in order to keep at least the appearance that Italy was still on the Axis side - that any conventional rescue operatio…
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Weitere Autoren: Gerrard, Howard (Illustr.) / Spedaliere, Donato (Illustr.)
- ISBN: 978-1-84603-462-6
- EAN: 9781846034626
- Produktnummer: 5631790
- Verlag: Osprey Pub Inc
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
- Seitenangabe: 64 S.
- Masse: H25.0 cm x B18.4 cm x D1.2 cm 215 g
- Reihenbandnummer: 09
- Gewicht: 215
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