Osprey Publishing, , Date: 2010. 1st Edition. Softcover. Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Mariusz Kozik, Howard Gerrard. Book Profusely illustrated in b/w and colour with photos, ills, charts and maps 1st Printing. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 80 pages. Item Type: Book. Clean and bright pages. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No inscriptions. Illustrator: Mariusz Kozik, Howard Gerrard. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Military & Warfare; . ISBN/EAN: 9781846034626. Please contact H4o Books if you require images or further information. Inventory No: 031265. . 9781846034626 2010. Osprey Publishing ISBN 1846034620 9781846034626 [GB]

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New York: Osprey, Date: 2010. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. 7x0x9. First edition. A fine copy. 2010 Soft Cover. 64 pp. The successful rescue of imprisoned Italian dictator Benito Mussolini from atop the Gran Sasso plateau by German glider-borne troops on 12 September 1943 was one of the most dramatic Special Forces operations in military history. Arrested by his own officers in July 1943, Mussolini had been whisked away to an isolated and heavily-guarded mountain-top resort, the Hotel Campo Imperatore at Gran Sasso, which could only be reached by a heavily guarded cable car station. It was clear to the Germans - who wished to rescue Mussolini in order to keep at least the appearance that Italy was still on the Axis side - that any conventional rescue operation would have to fight its way through too much opposition and that Mussolini's captors would have ample time to execute him before he could be rescued. Once Mussolini's location at Gran Sasso was confirmed, Hitler ordered General der Fallschirmtruppe Kurt Student to organize a rescue mission. The actual raid was planned and led by paratrooper Major Otto Mors from the Fallschirmjager-Lehr Bataillon, but SS Haupsturmführer Otto Skorzeny grabbed much of the laurels of this operation. Despite unfavorable terrain for a gliderborne landing - including large boulders and steep cliffs near the landing zone - most of the German gliders succeeded in landing atop the Gran Sasso and the assault force was ...

Osprey Publishing, Date: 2010-04-20. Paperback. New. New paperback. An unread/unopened copy. May have VERY minor rubbing and scuffing from shelf wear.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day! 2010. Osprey Publishing ISBN 1846034620 9781846034626 [US]

Osprey Pub Co, Date: 2010. Paperback. New. 64 pages. 9.75x7.50x0.50 inches. 2010. Osprey Pub Co ISBN 1846034620 9781846034626 [GB]