Operation Eiche
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Subject:: Fieseler Fi 156C-1 Storch
Wehrmacht Luftwaffe (German Air Force 1935-1945)
Army Liaison SJ+LL 1268 (SS Hauptsturmfuhrer Otto Skorzeny)
Septiembre 1943 World War 2»Operation Eiche - Gran Sasso
RLM65 RLM70 RLM71
Escala:: 1:32
Estado:: Terminado
Empezado:: July 3, 2016
Terminado:: October 12, 2016
Tiempo invertido:: 3 Months 6 Days

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 Harald Mors, and approved by General Kurt Student.