 Otto Skorzeny

Otto Skorzeny (12 June 19085 July 1975) was an Austrian-born SS-"Obersturmbannführer" (lieutenant colonel) in the Waffen-SS during World War II.During the war, he was involved in several operations, including the removal from power of Hungarian Regent Miklós Horthy and the Gran Sasso raid which rescued Benito Mussolini from captivity.