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The Violent End of Mussolini – Operation Oak, Part Two

6th September 2023 Blown Periphery 0

The gliders wallowed behind their Heinkel 111 tug aircraft in the thin, turbulent air above the  mountains.  The lead aircraft sighted the long mountain ridge and the Gran Sasso Mountain behind it,  gave the order [more…]

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The Fall of Mussolini – Operation Oak, Part One

30th August 2023 Blown Periphery 0

In the summer of 1943, the terrible reality of total war was the closest wolf to the Italian  population’s sledge.  Mussolini’s grandiose plans for a new Roman Empire that would stretch across  Southern Europe and [more…]

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The most dangerous man in Europe

27th May 2020 well_chuffed 0

Otto Skorzeny was mentioned the other day and in the process of investigating something else I stumbled across his story. What a lad, his fearsome reputation didn’t quite match up to reality. He was in [more…]

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Nazi missiles threaten Israel

16th October 2019 well_chuffed 0

Why did I choose to write this; long forgotten reports of missiles in Egypt and the way the press didn’t seem to take it very seriously at the time. It is time for a closer [more…]

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