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'Mussolini's last jailer' dies at 101 - General News

2024-03-17T16:06:00.241Z

Highlights: 'Mussolini's last jailer' dies at 101 in his home in Citta' di Castello near the Umbrian capital of Perugia. September 12 1943 German air raid plucked him to safety after two months of captivity following the Fascist Grand Council's vote of no confidence in July that year he died aged 10. Former Carabiniere Ferdinando Tascini told local media recently"I was in my room when I heard people shouting 'they're coming'


Benito Mussolini's last jailer on the Gran Sasso in Abruzzo before a daring September 12 1943 German air raid plucked him to safety after two months of captivity following the Fascist Grand Council's vote of no confidence in July that year he died aged 10... (ANSA )


Benito Mussolini's last jailer on the Gran Sasso in Abruzzo before a daring September 12 1943 Germanair raid plucked him to safety after two months of captivity following the Fascist Grand Council's vote of no confidence in July that year he died aged 101 in his home in Citta' di Castello near the Umbrian capital of Perugia.


   Former Carabiniere Ferdinando Tascini told local media recently"I was in my room when I heard people shouting 'they're coming'.


   "Mussolini was expecting the Americans, but it turned out to be the Germans".


   The Gran Sasso raid (codenamed "Operation Oak", by the Germanmilitary was a successful operation by German paratroopers andWaffen-SS commandos to rescue the deposed Fascist dictator from custody in the Gran Sasso d'Italia massif.


   The op was personally ordered by Adolf Hitler.


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