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1943 Nazi German raid to free Benito Mussolini from prison
The Gran Sasso raid on 12 September 1943 freed Benito Mussolini from imprisonment in a hotel on the Gran Sasso d'Italia massif. The World War II operation
Gran_Sasso_raid
Mountain located in central Italy
Gran Sasso d'Italia (Italian: [ɡran ˈsasso diˈtaːlja]; lit. 'Great Rock of Italy') is a massif in the Apennine Mountains of Italy. Its highest peak, Corno
Gran_Sasso_d'Italia
WWII Luftwaffe officer (1910–2001)
he commanded a battalion of Fallschirmjäger and planned and led the Gran Sasso raid to rescue Benito Mussolini following his arrest in September 1943.
Harald_Mors
Ski hotel in Abruzzo, Italy
Cassibile, until his liberation by the German paratroopers as part the Gran Sasso raid. Today, it serves as the main lodging for the ski resort of the same
Hotel_Campo_Imperatore
German Intelligence operative (1919–1993)
and German Intelligence operative. In 1943, he participated in the Gran Sasso raid rescuing Benito Mussolini from prison. According to Manuel Contreras
Gerhard_Mertins
Italian general
general during World War II, mostly known for his involvement in the Gran Sasso raid. During the First World War he fought as a lieutenant in the "Piemonte
Fernando_Soleti
Dictator of Italy from 1922 to 1943
in September 1943, Mussolini was rescued by the Germans during the Gran Sasso raid. Hitler made Mussolini the figurehead of a puppet state in German-occupied
Benito_Mussolini
German special forces unit during WW2
In September 1943, sixteen members of this unit took part in the Gran Sasso raid, which resulted in the rescue of deposed Italian dictator Benito Mussolini
502nd_SS_Jäger_Battalion
Exercise by Nazi Germany to forge British bank notes
information that helped to free the Italian leader Benito Mussolini in the Gran Sasso raid in September 1943. In early 1945 the unit was moved to Mauthausen-Gusen
Operation_Bernhard
1945 death of deposed Italian dictator
Shortly after the Armistice, Mussolini was rescued from prison in the Gran Sasso raid by German special forces, and Hitler installed him as leader of the
Death_of_Benito_Mussolini
Gela (1943) Operation Narcissus Battle of Centuripe Battle of Troina Gran Sasso raid Operation Slapstick Operation Lehrgang Operation Baytown Bombing of
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Topics referred to by the same term
in Eichsfeld district, Germany Operation Eiche, also known as the Gran Sasso raid in World War II Genrich Eiche (1893–1968), Latvian military historian
Eiche
Month of 1943
musicologist and member of the Grateful Dead; in Brooklyn In the Gran Sasso raid, German SS Sturmbannfuhrer Otto Skorzeny led a rescue of Benito Mussolini
September_1943
Nazi German airborne forces (1936–1945)
mission of Italian Prime minister Benito Mussolini at the Gran Sasso. It is known as the Gran Sasso raid. The operation received wide acclaim despite there being
Fallschirmjäger
German automatic paratrooper rifle
production model. The weapon saw first operational use during the Gran Sasso raid (Unternehmen Eiche) in September 1943 when German paratroopers and
FG_42
Alpine meadow region of Italy
plateau located above Gran Sasso massif, the largest plateau of Apennine ridge. Known as "Little Tibet", it is located in Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga National
Campo_Imperatore
Conflict between the Mussolini regime and anti-fascists (1943–1945)
installed as leader after he was rescued by German paratroopers in the Gran Sasso raid. As a result, the Italian Co-belligerent Army was created to fight
Italian_Civil_War
1944 show trial in the Italian Social Republic
1943, German paratroopers rescued Mussolini from his captors via the Gran Sasso raid. He was then installed as the leader of the Italian Social Republic
Verona_trial
1943 deposition of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini
and the government; the 12 September freeing of Mussolini with the Gran Sasso raid; the 23 September establishment of the Italian Social Republic; and
Fall of the Fascist regime in Italy
Fall_of_the_Fascist_regime_in_Italy
II military history War crimes Deposition and death Fall of regime Gran Sasso raid Italian Social Republic Italian Civil War Government of the RSI Death
Economy_of_fascist_Italy
climbbybike. Retrieved 6 February 2013. "Giro d'Italia 1999, Stage 8: Pescara – Gran Sasso d'Italia – CyclingFever – the International Cycling Social Network – Get
List of highest paved roads in Europe
List_of_highest_paved_roads_in_Europe
Austrian Waffen-SS officer (1908–1975)
removal from power of the Hungarian regent Miklós Horthy and the raid on Gran Sasso, which secured the liberation of Benito Mussolini from captivity.
Otto_Skorzeny
1975 novel by Jack Higgins
action in November 1943. It then flashes back to late 1943, after the Gran Sasso raid by Fallschirmjäger frees Benito Mussolini from Italian government captivity
The_Eagle_Has_Landed_(novel)
Italian general and fascist activist (1866–1944)
imprisonment. Later in 1943, Mussolini was freed by Nazi Germany during the Gran Sasso raid and installed in Northern Italy as head of a new state, the Italian
Emilio_De_Bono
Italian political party (1921–1943)
Pietro Badoglio's government on 27 July. After the Nazi-engineered Gran Sasso raid liberated Mussolini in September, the PNF was revived as the Republican
National_Fascist_Party
by SS-Hauptsturmführer Otto Skorzeny and Major Harald Mors in the Gran Sasso raid. In the Great Escape, 76 Allied POWs (primarily Commonwealth airmen)
List_of_prison_escapes
II military history War crimes Deposition and death Fall of regime Gran Sasso raid Italian Social Republic Italian Civil War Government of the RSI Death
Assassination attempts on Benito Mussolini
Assassination_attempts_on_Benito_Mussolini
Puppet state of Nazi Germany (1943–1945)
Italian state to be created. Three days following his rescue in the Gran Sasso raid, Mussolini was taken to Germany for a meeting with Hitler in Rastenburg
Italian_Social_Republic
Second Soviet 1944 offensive into Romania
operation to rescue Antonescu, led by Skorzeny and inspired by the Gran Sasso raid which liberated Benito Mussolini in 1943, could not materialize as
Second Jassy–Kishinev offensive
Second_Jassy–Kishinev_offensive
Gliders used by the militaries of various countries
war, some examples being the rescue operation of Benito Mussolini at Gran Sasso and emergency re-supply operations in Russia, North Africa and Eastern
Military_glider
Italian fascist politician (1881–1945)
Mussolini when the latter was rescued by Otto Skorzeny in September in the Gran Sasso raid. Following the formation of (RSI), Preziosi was initially moved to
Giovanni_Preziosi
German liaison aircraft
dictator Benito Mussolini from a boulder-strewn mountain-top near the Gran Sasso. On 26 April 1945, a Storch was one of the last aircraft to land on the
Fieseler_Fi_156_Storch
Italian fascist expansionist political project
II military history War crimes Deposition and death Fall of regime Gran Sasso raid Italian Social Republic Italian Civil War Government of the RSI Death
Spazio_vitale
Auxiliary police unit of the Republican Fascist Party
confiscated all of its assets. On 12 September Mussolini was rescued in the Gran Sasso raid by German Luftwaffe Fallschirmjäger (paratroopers) led by General Kurt
Black_Brigades
Military movement of ground forces by air into combat or unsecured areas
with the 1st Air Commando Group In 1943 the Germans conducted the Gran Sasso raid which implemented many aspects of the air assault concept. Another
Air_assault
Historic house in Sardinia, Italy
Books (ed.). Hitler's raid to Save Mussolini. Hachette+ORM. ISBN 9780786735716. River, Charles (July 2, 2021). The Gran Sasso Raid (3rd ed.). Charles River
Villa_Webber
Form of imprisonment in Nazi Germany
detained with his family at Schloss Hirschberg after his rescue in the Gran Sasso raid, before being sent back to Italy to lead a German puppet state. Martin
Sonder-_und_Ehrenhaft
Italian political party (1943–1945)
of the surrender to the Western Allies. After the Nazi-engineered Gran Sasso raid liberated Mussolini, the National Fascist Party (PNF) was revived on
Republican_Fascist_Party
Italian fascist manifesto
II military history War crimes Deposition and death Fall of regime Gran Sasso raid Italian Social Republic Italian Civil War Government of the RSI Death
Fascist_Manifesto
Italian politician (1896–1956)
Preziosi and Roberto Farinacci, he had fled to Nazi Germany before the Gran Sasso raid and met up with Il Duce there after Otto Skorzeny's capture of the
Renato_Ricci
Calendar year
British and American troops land near Salerno. September 12 – WWII: Gran Sasso raid – German paratroopers rescue Mussolini from imprisonment, in Unternehmen
1943
Race laws promulgated in Fascist Italy (1938–1944)
final decision about the Racial Laws was made during the meeting of the Gran Consiglio del Fascismo, which took place on the night between 6 and 7 of
Italian_racial_laws
Fascist italian economic policy
II military history War crimes Deposition and death Fall of regime Gran Sasso raid Italian Social Republic Italian Civil War Government of the RSI Death
Battle_for_Grain
Racial Laws was made during the meeting of the Grand Council of Fascism (Gran Consiglio del Fascismo), which took place on the night between 6 and 7 of
Italian_fascism_and_racism
Political concept of masculinity in fascist Italy
II military history War crimes Deposition and death Fall of regime Gran Sasso raid Italian Social Republic Italian Civil War Government of the RSI Death
Model of masculinity under fascist Italy
Model_of_masculinity_under_fascist_Italy
Bilateral relations
Fascism and interned at the Gran Sasso d'Italia, from where he was subsequently freed by German commandos in the Gran Sasso raid. For the tenth and final
Germany–Italy_relations
Italian politician (1902–1968)
meet Mussolini when he returned to Italy after his liberation in the Gran Sasso raid and his subsequent brief stay in Germany, remarking in his memoirs
Giovanni_Dolfin_(politician)
Italian Fascist racial manifesto, promulgated in 1938
II military history War crimes Deposition and death Fall of regime Gran Sasso raid Italian Social Republic Italian Civil War Government of the RSI Death
Manifesto_of_Race
A military raid is a mission where the main objective is to demoralize, destroy valuable enemy installations, free prisoners, gather intelligence, or capture
List_of_raids
World War II proposed fascist last stand in the Alps
In the same month, German special forces rescued Mussolini in the Gran Sasso raid and Hitler installed him as leader of the Italian Social Republic,
Valtellina_Redoubt
Military unit
September and included an airborne raid on Gran Sasso. The operation was planned by Kurt Student. During this raid, a group of German parachutists freed
500th_SS_Parachute_Battalion
Month of 1975
Died: Otto Skorzeny, 67, Nazi Germany colonel who carried out the Gran Sasso raid, the rescue of Benito Mussolini from prison Pavlo Virsky, 70, Soviet
July_1975
1920s Italian fascist economic policy
II military history War crimes Deposition and death Fall of regime Gran Sasso raid Italian Social Republic Italian Civil War Government of the RSI Death
Battle_for_the_Lira
Fascist italian policy
II military history War crimes Deposition and death Fall of regime Gran Sasso raid Italian Social Republic Italian Civil War Government of the RSI Death
Battle_for_Land
Italian anti-fascist and war-time partisan (1906–1944)
through of the "Gran Sasso raid" by German paratroopers and Waffen-SS commandos, whereby Mussolini was extracted from his Gran Sasso d'Italia mountain-top
Duccio_Galimberti
Economic policy of Fascist Italy
II military history War crimes Deposition and death Fall of regime Gran Sasso raid Italian Social Republic Italian Civil War Government of the RSI Death
Battle_for_Births
Frazione in Abruzzo, Italy
Abruzzo region of Italy. It is situated on the western slopes of the Gran Sasso, at about 800 meters above sea level, along the state road 17-bis that
Camarda
Italian politician
meeting on 13 September, followed by Mussolini's liberation in the Gran Sasso raid, nullified these plans. Tassinari later moved to Desenzano del Garda
Giuseppe_Tassinari
1936 German reconnaissance aircraft
230 attack gliders from Pratica Di Mare airfield near Rome to the Gran Sasso on a raid to rescue Benito Mussolini. The Royal Hellenic Air Force also operated
Henschel_Hs_126
around Italy, from 1943 to 1945. The Germans freed Mussolini in the Gran Sasso raid (12 September 1943) and set him up as the leader of the Italian Social
Military_history_of_Italy
STOL aircraft
commandos from his imprisonment by Italian Carabinieri guards on the Gran Sasso mountain. It took Slepcev a year to gain Italian approvals for the flight
Slepcev_Storch
Municipality in Ticino, Switzerland
Switzerland. The town is famous for its three castles (Castelgrande, Montebello, Sasso Corbaro) that have been UNESCO World Heritage Sites since 2000. The town
Bellinzona
Italian soldier (1915–1943)
founders and organizers of the "Gran Sasso" resistance group. At the beginning of October 1943, he and some comrades raided the local Carabinieri, MVSN and
Trentino_La_Barba
Historically significant hill in Lazio, Italy
February 1944 it was nearly destroyed in a series of heavy, American-led air raids. General Sir Harold Alexander, with the support of numerous Allied commanders
Monte_Cassino
2025 edition of IFFR
Plea To Save Historic Cinerama Site". Deadline. Retrieved 31 January 2025. Sasso, Livia (10 December 2024). "Rotterdam 2025 unveils opening and closing films"
54th International Film Festival Rotterdam
54th_International_Film_Festival_Rotterdam
to an earthquake sometime around the year 1703 that struck the nearby Gran Sasso region. At one time Faieto was administered by the commune of Valle San
Faieto
Comune in Marche, Italy
of the tower on a clear day our gaze wanders from Mount Conero to the Gran Sasso mountain and onwards over to the coast of Albania. The large 16th-century
Moresco
Battle of the Second Italo-Ethiopian War
forces managed to move towards Selekleka, garrisoned by the 24th Infantry "Gran Sasso" Division, but the Ethiopian advance had not stopped and, despite the
Christmas_Offensive
1985 American epic sword and sorcery film directed by Richard Fleischer
script during filming. Several scenes were shot in Italy, around the Gran Sasso massif (Celano, Campo Felice and Campo Imperatore) and in studios in Rome
Red_Sonja_(1985_film)
Unsolved problem in physics
ISSN 0370-2693. Fowlie, Andrew; Balazs, Csaba; White, Graham; Marzola, Luca; Raidal, Martti (17 August 2016). "Naturalness of the relaxion mechanism". Journal
Hierarchy_problem
1960 Italian film
instituted by the Germans after the liberation of Benito Mussolini from his Gran Sasso exile. His father angrily responds to his objections, citing the misery
Everybody_Go_Home
Military units deployed via parachute
September 1943, Otto Skorzeny led a daring glider-based assault on the Gran Sasso Hotel, high in the Apennines mountains, and rescued Benito Mussolini from
Airborne_forces
Province in Italy
September 1943, "Il Duce", was rescued by a German military raid from his secret prison on the Gran Sasso mountain, and formed the Nazi-puppet Italian Social
Province_of_Zara
Greece. On 12 September 1943, Mussolini was rescued from imprisonment at Gran Sasso by the Germans in Operation Eiche. Once in northern Italy, he was installed
Military history of Italy during World War II
Military_history_of_Italy_during_World_War_II
Major theatre of operations during the Second World War
led by Otto Skorzeny rescued Mussolini from the mountain resort in the Gran Sasso where he was being held. A puppet government, the Italian Social Republic
Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II
Mediterranean_and_Middle_East_theatre_of_World_War_II
History of the municipality of Pescara, Italy
of the Pescara River, whose springs originate within four caves of the Gran Sasso massif at the Popoli Gorges, and which gives the settlement its name,
History_of_Pescara
September 1943, a German commando freed Mussolini, who was in custody in the Gran Sasso massif. 43,000 Jews (35,000 Italians and 8,000 refugees from other countries)
The_Holocaust_in_Italy
Highest level competition for artistic skating
Ibagué Roberta Sasso Natalia Baldizzone Erika Alarcón 2024 Rimini Roberta Sasso Natalia Baldizzone Asya Sofia Testoni 2025 Beijing Roberta Sasso Erika Alarcón
Artistic Skating World Championships
Artistic_Skating_World_Championships
1944 mass killing outside Rome by German soldiers
Skorzeny, tracked down and rescued Mussolini from his hidden prison in the Gran Sasso and set him up in the puppet regime of the so-called "Republic of Salò"
Ardeatine_massacre
1943 German campaign to disarm Italy following its armistice to the Allies during WWII
Operation Eiche and freed Mussolini from detention in Campo Imperatore, Gran Sasso; this was an essential premise for the creation of a new fascist collaborationist
Operation_Achse
Hauptsturmführer Otto Skorzeny arriving at Campo Imperatore in Italy's Gran Sasso massif, high in the Apennine Mountains, in ten DFS 230 gliders towed by
1943_in_aviation
Jubilee starts in Rome. 27 December – Two climbers are found dead on the Gran Sasso after going missing in a fall on 22 December. Source: 1 January – New
2024_in_Italy
Military educational institution in Naples, Italy
Napoli "Federico II", 1997. Autore and D'Aria, p. 10 Celano, pp. 78-80 Sasso, p. 349 Cate, p. 192 "Naples and surrounding areas", p. 282, AA.VV. i Bibliografiche
Nunziatella_Military_School
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Serbian
(Горан) Serbian name GORAN means "mountain man."
Female
English
Short form of English Frances, FRAN means "French."
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Swedish
Pet form of Swedish Asrid, SASSA means "god beautiful."
Boy/Male
Muslim
Dear, Beloved
Male
Welsh
 Welsh name BRAN means "crow" or "raven." In mythology, this is the name of a giant king of Britain known as Bran the Blessed, who was killed attacking Ireland. Compare with other forms of Bran.
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Portuguese
Portuguese name GRAÇA means "graceful."
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English
 Short form of English Brandon, BRAN means "broom-covered hill," and other names beginning with Bran-. Compare with other forms of Bran.
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American, Australian, British, Christian, English, German
Gray-haired
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English
English surname transferred to forename use, from a byname for someone having gray hair or a beard, from Old English græg, GRAY means "grey."
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Irish
 Irish name BRAN means "raven." In mythology (from Voyage of Bran), this is the name of a mariner who went on a quest to the Other World. Compare with other forms of Bran.
Female
Japanese
(è˜) Japanese name RAN means "lily" or "orchid."
Girl/Female
Indian, Parsi
Iran; The Land of Aryans
Boy/Male
Latin Anglo Saxon English Norse
Grain.
Male
Arthurian
, (king; raven); Bran the Blessed.
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American, Anglo, Australian, British, English, Latin, Norse
Grand Home; Warring; Grain
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Arabic, Muslim, Pashtun
Dear; Beloved
Male
Welsh
Welsh name GRWN means "ridge."
Male
Scottish
Scottish surname transferred to forename use, from the name of a famous Scottish clan, from Norman grand, GRANT means "great, large."
Female
Polish
Polish name of Lithuanian origin, GRAŻYNA means "beautiful."
Male
English
 Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Odhrán, ORAN means "little sallow one." Compare with another form of Oran.
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