- Harald Mors
Major Otto-Harald Mors, was abattalion commander, with theFallschirmjäger , who planned and led theGran Sasso raid to rescue Benito Mussolini, following his arrest in September 1943. He received theGerman Cross in Gold on26 September 1943 . [ Patzwall 2001, p. 316]Mors played a key role in planning the raid, and participated as commander of the secondary force that secured the lower cable-car station at the foot of the
Gran Sasso mountain as the airborne raid was underway at the mountain top, where Mussolini was held.References
* Annussek, G. "Hitler's Raid To Save Mussolini", De Capo Press, 2005. ISBN 0-306-81396-3
* Patzwall, Klaus D. and Scherzer, Veit. "Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 - 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II". Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, 2001. ISBN 3-931533-45-X.
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