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  • Gran Sasso raid
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  • The Gran Sasso raid refers to Operation Eiche (German for 'Oak'), the rescue of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini by German paratroopers led by Major Otto-Harald Mors and Waffen-SS commandos in September 1943, during World War II. The airborne operation was personally ordered by Adolf Hitler, planned by Major Harald Mors and approved by General Kurt Student.
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Date
  • 1943-09-12
Name
  • Operation Oak
Type
  • Raid
Caption
  • --09-12
Outcome
  • Rescue of Benito Mussolini
Scope
  • Operational
Injuries
  • 10
Casualties
  • None
executed by
  • Fallschirmjäger-Lehr-Bataillon of the 2. Fallschirmjägerdivision, 1/FJR 7; SS-Sonderverband z.b.V. Friedenthal
Target
Objective
  • Rescue of Benito Mussolini
Location
  • Campo Imperatore, Italy
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  • The Gran Sasso raid refers to Operation Eiche (German for 'Oak'), the rescue of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini by German paratroopers led by Major Otto-Harald Mors and Waffen-SS commandos in September 1943, during World War II. The airborne operation was personally ordered by Adolf Hitler, planned by Major Harald Mors and approved by General Kurt Student.
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