Skorzeny was one of the most daring figures of the 20th Century. His exploits included the rescue of Mussolini from his mountain prison, a brief affair with Eva Peron, a blackmail attempt on Winston Churchill and the kidnapping of the son of the wartime dictator of Hungary. Eisenhower...
The airborne rescue of Mussolini at Gran Sasso in 1943 assured Otto Skorzeny's place in military history. The German special forces officer's role in the operation has become a military legend, but one question has remained unanswered: What was in that suitcase that Mussolini...