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Otto Skorzeny, Germany’s top commando in World War II, is the most famous man in the history of special forces. This book he tells the full story of the combat operations that made him a legend. When Mussolini was imprisoned in Italy in 1943, it was Skorzeny who successfully led the daring glider rescue. Skorzeny’s talents were brought into play again in 1944 when he was sent to Budapest to stop the Hungarian regent Admiral Horthy from signing a peace treaty with Stalin. Then dubbed the most dangerous man in Europe by the Allies, he took a critical role in the Ardennes offensive with a controversial plan to raise a brigade disguised as Americans with captured Sherman tanks. His captured colleagues spread a false rumor that he was planning to assassinate Eisenhower, who was consequently confined to his headquarters for weeks. Skorzeny’s memoirs vividly depict commando action and are a classic of special forces literature.

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Otto Skorzeny"The Most Dangerous Man in Europe” Otto Skorzeny, Germany’s top commando in World War II, remains one of the most famous men in the history of special forces. His extraordinary wartime career was one of high risk and adventure, and in this book he tells the full story. When Mussolini was imprisoned in Italy in 1943, it was Skorzeny who successfully planned the daring glider rescue, winning the Knight’s Cross and a promotion as a result. Skorzeny’s talents were brought into play again when he was sent to Budapest in 1944 to stop the Hungarian regent Admiral Horthy from signing a peace treaty with Stalin. Then dubbed “the most dangerous man in Europe” by the Allies, he was awarded the German Cross in Gold. A few months later, he took a critical role in the Ardennes offensive with a controversial plan to raise a brigade disguised as Americans and using captured Sherman tanks. Colleagues taken prisoner by the Allies spread a false rumor that Skorzeny was planning to assassinate Eisenhower, who was consequently confined to his headquarters for weeks. Skorzeny’s memoirs vividly depict commando action and are a key addition to special forces literature. Charles Messenger, a renowned historian who served twenty-one years with the British Royal Tank Regiment and thirteen with the British Territorial Army, contributed the foreword.

 

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Otto Skorzeny was born in Vienna in 1908. He joined the Austrian Nazi party in 1931. On the eve of World War II, Skorzeny was working as a civil engineer. Following the German invasion of Poland in 1939, he joined the SS and was assigned to Hitler’s elite bodyguard Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler. He died in 1975.

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  • PublisherZenith Pr
  • Publication date2011
  • ISBN 10 076034034X
  • ISBN 13 9780760340349
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