Gran Sasso raid
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The Gran Sasso raid was a 1943 German special forces operation in which commandos led by Otto Skorzeny rescued Italian dictator Benito Mussolini from captivity in a daring glider-borne assault on a remote mountain hotel.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
military operation
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rescue mission ⓘ special forces operation ⓘ |
| aircraftUsed | DFS 230 glider NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Operation Eiche
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Operation Oak NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorizedBy | Adolf Hitler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| casualties | minimal ⓘ |
| codename | Unternehmen Eiche NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commander |
Harald-Otto Mors
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Otto Skorzeny NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| country | Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| date | 1943-09-12 ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Mussolini meeting with Adolf Hitler
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flight of Mussolini to Vienna ⓘ |
| guardingForce | Italian Carabinieri detachment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | one of the most famous special operations of World War II ⓘ |
| ItalianGuardResistance | almost none ⓘ |
| location |
Abruzzo
NERFINISHED
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Campo Imperatore Hotel NERFINISHED ⓘ Gran Sasso d’Italia NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| method | glider-borne assault ⓘ |
| notableFeature | landing of gliders on a small, uneven mountain meadow near the hotel ⓘ |
| objective | rescue Benito Mussolini from captivity ⓘ |
| participant |
Benito Mussolini
NERFINISHED
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Fallschirmjäger NERFINISHED ⓘ Italian Carabinieri NERFINISHED ⓘ Luftwaffe NERFINISHED ⓘ Otto Skorzeny NERFINISHED ⓘ Waffen-SS commandos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plannedBy |
German Wehrmacht
NERFINISHED
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Luftwaffe NERFINISHED ⓘ SS-Führungshauptamt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalConsequence |
creation of a German puppet state in northern Italy
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restoration of Mussolini as head of state ⓘ |
| precededBy | arrest of Benito Mussolini on 1943-07-25 ⓘ |
| propagandaUse |
Nazi Germany
NERFINISHED
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personal prestige of Otto Skorzeny ⓘ |
| reasonForMussoliniArrest | fall of the Fascist regime in Italy ⓘ |
| result |
Benito Mussolini rescued
NERFINISHED
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German victory ⓘ establishment of Italian Social Republic ⓘ |
| target | Campo Imperatore Hotel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| terrain | remote mountain plateau ⓘ |
| usedAsCaseStudyIn |
airborne operations
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special operations tactics ⓘ |
| year | 1943 ⓘ |
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