On Hitler's order, Mussolini himself had been freed from Italian captivity. In September 1943, a special commando detachment led by SS master of espionage, Otto Skorzeny, had glided into the mountaintop location where Mussolini was imprisoned, scared away the local police, put the former Duce in a small plane and flew him off to Rome. From there he was taken to see Hitler.
Benito Mussolini (right) with Otto Skorzeny (next to him) and others elated over their accomplishment in liberating him.
Location: the camp were Mussolina was captured
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