Freeing Mussolini

Author : Óscar González López
Publisher : Grub Street Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1526719991
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Freeing Mussolini written by Óscar González López and published by Grub Street Publishers. This book was released on 2018-08-30 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The untold inside story of the audacious Nazi plot to rescue il Duce from an Allied prison. The operation to free Mussolini, who was being held prisoner in a high mountain hotel on the summit of Gran Sasso, Italy, in September 1943, is without a doubt one of the most spectacular operations not only of the Second World War, but in all military history. German paratroopers, the Wehrmacht’s elite, were responsible for organizing the rescue in record time, and executing a daring and perfectly synchronized operation between land and airborne detachments. Surprise and speed were the Fallschirmjäger’s main weapons, surprising the Italian garrison guarding il Duce. For political reasons Otto Skorzeny, the clever SS officer, also participated in the operation, leading a dozen of his commandos. Propaganda and his connections with Himmler made him into the false hero of the mission, over-emphasizing his role in the whole search and rescue operation. Based on the testimony of several protagonists in this incredible operation, as well as analyzing major documents (letters, reports by General Kurt Student, etc.) and the abundant literature available on the subject, this book dismantles the “Skorzeny Myth” and reveals the truth of what really happened in a mission that even Churchill called “one of great daring.”

Author : Óscar González
Publisher : Pen & Sword Military
ISBN 13 : 9781526719973
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Freeing Mussolini written by Óscar González and published by Pen & Sword Military. This book was released on 2018-08-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The operation to free Mussolini, who was being held prisoner in a high mountain hotel on the summit of Gran Sasso, Italy in September 1943, is without a doubt one of the most spectacular operations not only of the Second World War, but in all military history. German paratroopers, the Wehrmacht's elite, were responsible for organising the rescue in record time, and executing a daring and perfectly synchronised operation between land and airborne detachments. Surprise and speed were the Fallschirmjäger's main weapons, surprising the Italian garrison guarding il Duce. For political reasons Otto Skorzeny, the clever SS officer, also participated in the operation, leading a dozen of his commandos. Propaganda and his connections with Himmler made him into the false hero of the mission, over-emphasising his role in the whole search and rescue operation. Based on the testimony of several protagonists in this incredible operation, as well as analysing major documents (letters, reports by General Kurt Student etc.) and the abundant literature available on the subject, this book dismantles the 'Skorzeny Myth' and reveals the truth of what really happened in a mission that even Churchill called 'one of great daring'.

Author : Sergio Luzzatto
Publisher : Metropolitan Books
ISBN 13 : 146688360X
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Body of Il Duce written by Sergio Luzzatto and published by Metropolitan Books. This book was released on 2014-10-21 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A brilliant young historian follows the odyssey of Mussolini's body in an original exploration of the history and legacy of Italian Fascism Bullet-ridden, spat on, butchered bloody: this was the fate of Il Duce, strung up beside his dead mistress in a Milan square, as reviled in death as he was adored in life. With Italy's defeat in World War II, the cult of Benito Mussolini's physical self was brought to its grotesque denouement by a frenzied, jeering crowd of thousands-one eerily similar to the cheering throngs that had once roared their approval beneath Il Duce's balcony. In this groundbreaking work, Sergio Luzzatto traces the fortunes of the Fascist dictator's body: from his charisma, virility, and magnetic domination of Fascist parades, to his humiliating execution, the ugly display of his remains, and beyond. Buried, exhumed, stolen, and hidden for ten years, Il Duce's corpse was finally laid to rest, a shrine for fanatical followers. Through this pursuit, Luzzatto shows how in a totalitarian state the body of the ruler comes to incarnate the nation. And from the indignities visited on Mussolini's corpse, Luzzatto crafts a subtle social and intellectual history of a country struggling to become a republic and free itself from the thrall of Fascism. Elegantly written and stunningly conceived, alive with never-before-published letters, diaries, and reports, The Body of Il Duce cuts a new and compelling path through twentieth-century history.

Author : Benito Mussolini
Publisher : Lebooks Editora
ISBN 13 : 6558943719
Total Pages : 41 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book THE DOCTRINE OF FACISM written by Benito Mussolini and published by Lebooks Editora. This book was released on 2024-01-10 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Benito Mussolini was an Italian politician, teacher, and journalist who wrote for left-wing newspapers. He enlisted in the army, rising to the rank of sergeant. In 1922, he organized the "March on Rome," and with the support of King Victor Emmanuel III, he took over the cabinet as the Prime Minister of Italy. In 1925, Mussolini became " Il Duce" (the supreme leader of Italy). Mussolini founded the National Fascist Party and became the most representative politician of fascist ideology. In " The Doctrine of Fascism," Mussolini synthesizes fascist doctrine and its principles while also pointing out what he considers the limitations of other ideologies such as liberalism and socialism.

Author : Ray Moseley
Publisher : Taylor Trade Publications
ISBN 13 : 9781589790957
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mussolini written by Ray Moseley and published by Taylor Trade Publications. This book was released on 2004 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicles the last twenty months of the despot's life, beginning with his July 1943 arrest and overthrow. Rescued by Germans and forced by Hitler to resume the reins of leadership soon thereafter, the tyrant was an utterly miserable figure in the grip of anger, shame and depression.

Author : Benito Mussolini
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 26 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Italy's Rebirth written by Benito Mussolini and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : William Bolitho
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Italy Under Mussolini written by William Bolitho and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Philip Morgan
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191578754
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Fall of Mussolini written by Philip Morgan and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2008-06-11 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The dramatic story of Mussolini's fall from power in July 1943, illuminating both the causes and the consequences of this momentous event. Morgan shows how Italians of all classes coped with the extraordinary pressures of wartime living, both on the military and home fronts, and how their experience of the country at war eventually distanced them from the dictator and his fascist regime. Looking beyond Mussolini's initial fall from power, Morgan examines how the Italian people responded to the invasion, occupation, and division of their country by Nazi German and Anglo-American forces - and how crucial the experience of this period was in shaping Italy's post-war sense of nationhood and transition to democracy.

Author : Paolo Monelli
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mussolini written by Paolo Monelli and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Peter Neville
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780415249904
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mussolini written by Peter Neville and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Was Mussolini really the power-crazed cynic that many see him as? Was he a true revolutionary? Both ruthless and opportunistic, Benito Mussolini was driven by ideology and a desire to make Italy great. This survey is key to understanding one of the most fascinating 20th-century European dictators.