Description
| Product ID: | 9781472829450 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Otto Skorzeny |
| Subtitle: | The Devil’s Disciple |
| Authors: | Author: Stuart Smith |
| Page Count: | 384 |
| Subjects: | Biography: historical, political and military, Biography: historical, political & military, Second World War, Second World War |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating This first book to reassess the myth and the realities of Otto Skorzeny, Hitler''s favourite commando, whose exploits influence military operations to this day, including SEAL Team 6''s take down of Osama bin Laden.v SS-Obersturmbannführer Otto Skorzeny became a legend in his own time. "Hitler''s favorite commando" acquired a reputation as a man of daring, renowned for his audacious 1943 mission to extricate Mussolini from a mountain-top prison. Skorzeny''s influence on special operations doctrine was far-reaching and long-lasting--in 2011, when US Navy SEALs infiltrated Pakistan to eliminate Osama Bin Laden, the operational planning was influenced by Skorzeny''s legacy. Yet he was also an egoist who stole other men''s credit (including for the seminal rescue of Mussolini), brave and resourceful but also an unrepentant Nazi, and a self-aggrandizing hogger of the limelight. |
| Imprint Name: | Osprey Publishing |
| Publisher Name: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2018-09-20 |
