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1908–1975 Germany
Otto Skorzeny (June 12, 1908 – July 7, 1975) was an Austrian SS-Standartenführer (colonel) in the German Waffen-SS during World War II. After fighting on the Eastern Front, he was chosen as the field commander to carry out the rescue mission that freed the deposed Italian dictator Benito Mussolini from captivity.
Also known as: Skorzeny, Otto
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Although care must be taken not to kill or injure anyone while these persons are being taken into custody, resistance must be broken!
The Race for Rome (1975)
Duce, the Führer has sent me to set you free!
War is inevitable, and this time, it will be truly world wide. It will unravel everywhere and there will be no limit to its battlefields.
Hitler decided that Mussolini must be freed from the Italian Partisans because Benito was his friend and had acted in good faith.
My knowledge of pain, learned with the sabre, taught me not to be afraid. And just as in dueling when you must concentrate on your enemy's cheek, so, too, in war. You cannot waste time on feinting and sidestepping. You must decide on your target and go in.
I would never have surrendered, because of my pledge as a German officer. But when Hitler died, that pledge ended. By killing himself, Hitler saved thousands of lives. They relieved us of our oaths as soldiers.
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