Hitler's Commando: The Daring Missions of Otto Skorzeny and the Nazi Special Forces

ISBN: 1510728805

Author: Skorzeny, Otto

Condition: New

Otto Skorzeny, Hitlers favorite soldier and Germanys top commando in World War II, is one of the most famous men in the history of special forces. His extraordinary wartime career was one of high risk and adventure, and here he tells the full story.When Mussolini was imprisoned in Italy in 1943, it was Skorzeny who successfully led the daring glider rescue, winning the Knights Cross and promotion as a result. Skorzenys talents were brought into play again when he was sent to Budapest to stop the Hungarian regent Admiral Horthy from signing a peace treaty with Stalin in 1944. Now dubbed the most dangerous man in Europe by the Allies, Skorzeny was awarded the German Cross in Gold. A few months later he took a critical role in the Ardennes offensive with a controversial plan to raise a brigade disguised as Americans with captured Sherman tanks. A fascinating depiction of commando action, Skorzenys memoirs are a key addition to special forces literature.