[Vigilanteman]

I'm afraid you are right. Just look at the sorry collection of cohorts who helped him rise to power. Some of them were just sucked in by the times, most of the others helped shape the times.

One of the more interesting of the bunch was Otto Skorenzsky, the daredevil who led the rescue of Mussolini when he was deposed. Mossad actually recruited him after the war.

[Vigilanteman]

Sorry, I meant Otto Skorzeny.

[SoCal Pubbie]

Otto Skorzeny did NOT lead the raid to rescue Mussolini. He did not plan it. He tagged along to make sure the SS had eyes on the scene and then Himmler spread fake news after the fact.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gran_Sasso_raid