12 Sep 1943

Italy Photo(s) dated 12 Sep 1943
Otto Skorzeny, Harald Mors, and Benito Mussolini in front of Hotel Campo Imperatore, Gran Sasso, Italy, 12 Sep 1943, photo 1 of 4Otto Skorzeny, Harald Mors, and Benito Mussolini in front of Hotel Campo Imperatore, Gran Sasso, Italy, 12 Sep 1943, photo 2 of 4Otto Skorzeny, Harald Mors, and Benito Mussolini in front of Hotel Campo Imperatore, Gran Sasso, Italy, 12 Sep 1943, photo 3 of 4Otto Skorzeny escorting Benito Mussolini to the aircraft which would extricate him from the Hotel Campo Imperatore in Gran Sasso, Italy, 12 Sep 1943
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13 Sep 1943

Photo(s) dated 13 Sep 1943
German troops and R75 motorcycle deployed in support of the Gran Sasso raid to free Benito Mussolini, Abruzzo, Italy, 13 Sep 1943

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