Hitler's Raid to Save Mussolini The Most Infamous Commando Operation of World War II

Name: Hitler's Raid to Save Mussolini The Most Infamous Commando Operation of World War II
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ISBN: 9780306815058

ISBN-10: 0306815052

ISBN-13: 9780306815058

Edition: 2006

Authors: Greg Annussek

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As the Allied invasion of Italy wore on through the summer of 1943, Mussolini was unexpectedly overthrown and imprisoned by his own people in a remote mountaintop resort. Hitler was furious when he heard the news and swore to rescue his ally and friend. On September 12, a small convoy of glider aircraft suddenly began crash-landing near the hotel where Mussolini was being held and German commandos poured out of the half-wrecked planes. The soldiers quickly overwhelmed the hotel and seized Mussolini, who had watched the drama unfold from a second-story window. "I knew my friend Adolf Hitler would not abandon me," said a grinning Mussolini to his rescuers. Hitler's daring rescue mission to…

Book details

List price: $21.99
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Hachette Books
Publication date: 8/22/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 8.94" wide x 5.91" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 0.660
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Prologue: Mussolini Falls from Power



Into the Wolf's Lair



Treason in the Air



An Early Friendship



A Dangerous Game



Tonight No Sleep for Anybody



The Odyssey of Benito Mussolini



Hitler Takes Control



The Raid on Santo Stefano



The Mystery of Maddalena Island



The Badoglio Shuffle



The Highest Prison in the World



The Double Cross



A Simple Plan



Freeing Mussolini


Epilogue: The Aftermath


The Story of Operation Oak


Notes


Bibliography


Index