On Hitler's direct order, SS man Otto Skorzeny led the spectacular 1943 rescue of this man from an Italian prison
He then joined Hitler's bodyguard regiment, the 
Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler ... followed by a thirty-man paratroop unit 
codenamed the 'Black Cats' and led by ... Operation Oak (Unternehmen Eiche, 
September 1943)  rescue of Italian... [DOC] [TLE] The Rescue of Mussolini - a summary - History in an HourHistory in ... [PAR] Sep 12, 2013 ...