Post by Qualerei on Dec 2, 2006 19:31:15 GMT -5
Yep, I know, we all hail Rommel the genius, but what about a few others who also had quite a few funny ideas ?
I found that anecdote on the figurine site (http://www.2iemeguerre.com/figurines/index.htm), that's Otto Skorzeny. Here's a rough translation :
"Otto Skorzeny, said the "slashed" (not sure of the translation), was Adolf Hitler's handyman. Clever and very skilled, he managed sensationnal exploits during WW2. With the rank of captain in the SS, he was the head of the commando which freed Mussolini a the Grand Sasso hotel, in the Abruzzes. He did that in four minutes, even though the Italians changed location almost each day. He was put in charge of "protecting" Pétain at Vichy, of preparing a sabotage of the Iraq Palestine pipeline, of saboting the Suez channel (canal ?), and other such operations. In 1944, he missed the abduction of Tito, but manages to remove Horthy, the regent. Then, he leads the Dragon operation in the Ardennes for the "Autumn mist" operation, which consisted of parachuting German english-speaking forces behind Allied lines to make trouble. He was so successful that the Americans started to arrest their own soldiers after asking them skews questions such as "who won the base-ball world series". The soldier had to know the answer, or he was arrested at once. At the end of the war, Skorzeny withdraws in the Alps, and on may 15th 1945, he surrenders to the Americans at Salzburg. Freed, he publishes his memoirs, serves as a representative to Krupp in South America, and then settles in Argentina. All along his adventurous carreer, taking advantage of a remarkable luck, he manages so sensationnal exploits that even today, they are talked about as worthy of the best Hollywood movies. He was without a shade of doubt the German soldier who had the most success in the war (barring Rommel of course).
I found that anecdote on the figurine site (http://www.2iemeguerre.com/figurines/index.htm), that's Otto Skorzeny. Here's a rough translation :
"Otto Skorzeny, said the "slashed" (not sure of the translation), was Adolf Hitler's handyman. Clever and very skilled, he managed sensationnal exploits during WW2. With the rank of captain in the SS, he was the head of the commando which freed Mussolini a the Grand Sasso hotel, in the Abruzzes. He did that in four minutes, even though the Italians changed location almost each day. He was put in charge of "protecting" Pétain at Vichy, of preparing a sabotage of the Iraq Palestine pipeline, of saboting the Suez channel (canal ?), and other such operations. In 1944, he missed the abduction of Tito, but manages to remove Horthy, the regent. Then, he leads the Dragon operation in the Ardennes for the "Autumn mist" operation, which consisted of parachuting German english-speaking forces behind Allied lines to make trouble. He was so successful that the Americans started to arrest their own soldiers after asking them skews questions such as "who won the base-ball world series". The soldier had to know the answer, or he was arrested at once. At the end of the war, Skorzeny withdraws in the Alps, and on may 15th 1945, he surrenders to the Americans at Salzburg. Freed, he publishes his memoirs, serves as a representative to Krupp in South America, and then settles in Argentina. All along his adventurous carreer, taking advantage of a remarkable luck, he manages so sensationnal exploits that even today, they are talked about as worthy of the best Hollywood movies. He was without a shade of doubt the German soldier who had the most success in the war (barring Rommel of course).
