World War II: Benito Mussolini is rescued from house arrest by German commando forces led by Otto Skorzeny.

The Gran Sasso raid on 12 September 1943 freed Benito Mussolini from imprisonment in a hotel on the Gran Sasso d'Italia massif. The World War II operation was codenamed "Operation Oak" by the German military. The raid by German paratroopers and Waffen-SS commandos was personally ordered by Adolf…