October 8, 2026

"Although care must be taken not to kill or injure anyone while these persons are being taken into custody, resistance must be broken!"

Otto SkorzenyOtto Skorzeny
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1908 – 1975
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About Otto Skorzeny

Otto Johann Anton Skorzeny was an Austrian-born German SS-Obersturmbannführer in the Waffen-SS during World War II. During the war, he was involved in a number of operations, including the removal from power of Hungarian Regent Miklós Horthy and the Gran Sasso raid that rescued Benito Mussolini from captivity. Skorzeny led Operation Greif in which German soldiers infiltrated Allied lines wearing their enemies' uniforms.

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