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I would never have surrendered, because of my pledge as a German officer. But when Hitler died, that pledge ended. By killing himself, Hitler saved thousands of lives. They relieved us of our oaths as soldiers.

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My knowledge of pain, learned with the sabre, taught me not to be afraid. And just as in dueling when you must concentrate on your enemy's cheek, so, too, in war. You cannot waste time on feinting and sidestepping. You must decide on your target and go in.

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Hitler decided that Mussolini must be freed from the Italian Partisans because Benito was his friend and had acted in good faith.

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Although care must be taken not to kill or injure anyone while these persons are being taken into custody, resistance must be broken!

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Otto Skorzeny

Otto Skorzeny
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Born: June 12, 1908
Died: July 5, 1975 (aged 67)
Bio: Otto Skorzeny was an Austrian SS-Obersturmbannführer in the German Waffen-SS during World War II. After fighting on the Eastern Front, he accompanied the rescue mission that freed the deposed Italian dictator Benito Mussolini from captivity.
Known for:
  1. Skorzeny's Special Missions (1957)
  2. For Germany: The Otto Skorzeny Memoirs
  3. Special Mission (1957)

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