Hitler's Secret Mission to Free Benito Mussolini | Otto Skorzeny's Gran Sasso Raid (WW2)
0In early 1943, the Second World War was in full swing, the fortunes of the Axis Powers seemed to have turned. On July 25th that year, two weeks after the Allied powers invaded Sicily, the King of Italy Victor Emanuel the Third ordered the arrest of Benito Mussolini, following a vote of no confidence from the Fascist Grand Council. This new government, under Marshal Pietro Badoglio started secret peace negotiations with the Allied powers. Now, to the Germans, it was of vital importance that this new government not sue for peace, or even worse, switch sides to the Allied powers. Hitler figured the only way to prevent this from happening, was to have Benito Mussolini rescued, and put him back in power...
What followed was one of the most daring special operations and, admittedly, incredible stories of the Second World War: the rescue ... of Benito Mussolini.
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2:03 Mussolini Arrested
4:57 Mussolini on the move
7:03 Final Preparations
8:58 The Gran Sasso Raid
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