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The Most Famous Soldier in the WWII
‘The Most Dangerous Man in Europe'
Who is he?
Otto Skorzeny
Well-educated engineer The inventor and first leader of
commando Organizer of the ODESSA and
‘ratlines’
Early life Born in Vienna, in a middle-class family Poor childhood He attended the University of Vienna He joined the Austrian Nazi Party in 1931 and soon he joined the Nazi SA
His role in the WWII Important role in the Anschluss on
March 12, 1938 Took part in the invasion of Poland,
1939 Worked as a civil engineer and
volunteered for service in the Luftwaffe
Fought in the Soviet Union in 1941-1942 being wounded
Commando days After his rehabilitation he started to
train special agents in Berlin Sabotage, espionage, and
paramilitary skills Jagdverbande 502
New equipments for the soldiers First mission: ‘Operation Francois’,
to sabotage US and British supplies of materiel bound for the Soviet Union success
Mission for fame He met with Hitler personally ‘Operation Oak’ had to find
Mussolini Hardly to locate him With the help of Ferdinando Soleti
he found him He escaped Mussolini without a
gunfire from Gran Sasso ‘Duce, the Fuhrer has sent me to set
you free’
In Hungary ‘Operation Armored Fist’kidnapped
Horthy's son, Miklós Horthy Jr. Reason: Hungary was secretly negotiating
with the Red Army Forced Miklós Horthy to abdicate as Prime
Minister
His last mission Under the last German offensive, the Battle
of the Bulge The mission was to capture one or more
bridges on a stretch of the Meuse River in Belgium
Commandos made up of English-speaking soldiers with American equipment and uniforms, their mission were to slip behind enemy lines
It was succesful but not in a long run
After the war 1945: captured for two years Settled in Spain with the help of Francesco
Franco 1952, in Germany he had convinced the
authorities that he had seen the error of his beliefs
Lived in Ireland for ten years He worked for Juan Peron and Gamel Abdel
Nasser He had spine cancers and he died in 1975 in
Madrid
He worked for ODESSA, Werwolves, he took part in the built up of ‘ratlines’
His name maybe do not well-known but he is one of the most influental soldiers of the WWII