One more and one of the most amazing was the mountaintop rescue of Mussolini by Germans. He was being kept in a castle thought to be secure.
I am not sure how to spell the German commando leader’s name but it is something like Skorzeny.
Otto Skorzeny—an Austrian of Polish ancestry.
After the war the allies tried to charge Skarzeny with war crimes because he operated behind their lines.
British and American soldiers and officers testified in his defense and he was acquitted.
He spent his later years in Spain.
Yes, Otto Skorzeny. A fascinating character, wound up actually working for the Mossad.