num_pages: 232
description: -- Personal story of Germany's top special forces man-- Details the rescue of MussoliniOtto Skorzeny, Germany's 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 the high risk adventure. Among the exploits that earned him the reputation as "the most dangerous man in Europe" were the rescue of Mussolini in 1943 and the capture of the Hungarian regent Admiral Horthy just before he could sign a peace treaty with Stalin. In this book Skorzeny tells the full story.
language: English
title: Skorzeny's Special Missions: The Memoirs of "The Most Dangerous Man in Europe"
publisher: Greenhill Books