Otto Skorzeny - Operations By Skorzeny

Operations By Skorzeny

  • Operation François – Co-ordination of Partisan operations in Iran.
  • Operation Oak (Unternehmen Eiche, September 1943) – The rescue of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini.
  • Operation Long Jump – A proposed attempt to assassinate the "Big Three" (Stalin, Churchill, and Roosevelt) during the 1943 Tehran Conference.
  • Operation Knight's Leap (Unternehmen Rösselsprung, May 1944) – An attempt to capture Josip Broz Tito alive.
  • Operation Armoured Fist (Unternehmen Panzerfaust a.k.a. Unternehmen Eisenfaust, October 1944) – The kidnapping of Miklós Horthy, Jr., son of Hungarian Regent, Admiral Miklós Horthy, to force Admiral Horthy to resign as head of state in favor of the pro-Nazi leader of the Arrow Cross Party, Ferenc Szálasi.
  • Operation Griffin (Unternehmen Greif, December 1944) – A false flag operation to spread disinformation during the Battle of the Bulge.
  • Werewolf SS – A planned Nazi underground resistance movement in Allied-occupied Europe.

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