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Otto Skorzeny

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Otto Skorzeny

By: Stuart Smith
Narrated by: Julian Elfer
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SS-Obersturmbannführer Otto Skorzeny became a legend in his own time. "Hitler's favorite commando" acquired a reputation as a man of daring, renowned for his audacious 1943 mission to extricate Mussolini from a mountain-top prison. He could be brave and resourceful, but was also a notorious egoist and an unrepentant Nazi until the end of his life.

Stuart Smith draws on years of in-depth research to uncover the truth about Skorzeny's career and complex personality. From his background as a student radical in Vienna to his bloody service with the Waffen-SS on the Eastern Front, and from his surprise rebirth as a commando to his intriguing post-war career and mysterious fortune, this book tells Otto Skorzeny's story in full-warts and all-for the first time.

©2018 Stuart Smith (P)2018 Tantor 20th Century Armed Forces Military Modern Politicians Politics & Activism Special & Elite Forces World War
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Engrossing from start to finish, the author carefully sifts fact from fiction in this superb work.

Riveting

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l liked it. the Author however did not appear to like Otto and gave him little credit. My take is that he was a narcissist but also brave. A NAZI through and through. surprised he was given sanctuary in Ireland. what a terrible war.

a great yarn

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