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=== Freeing Mussolini === | === Freeing Mussolini === | ||
Thanks to some italian collaborations, he knew in advance of [[Benito Mussolini|Mussolini]]'s dismissal on 25 July 1943 and he was able to capture [[Galeazzo Ciano]] and Mafalda of Savoy. | Thanks to some italian collaborations, he knew in advance of [[Benito Mussolini|Mussolini]]'s dismissal on 25 July 1943 and he was able to capture [[Galeazzo Ciano]] and Mafalda of Savoy. | ||
[[File:Raid of the Gran Sasso.jpg|left|thumb|Mussolini with Nazi commander after the | [[File:Raid of the Gran Sasso.jpg|left|thumb|Mussolini with Nazi commander after the successful end of the Operation Oak.]] | ||
Then, Kappler identified the place where [[Benito Mussolini|Mussolini]] was held prisoner, in Campo Imperatore, and planned its release by direct order of [[Heinrich Himmler]], even though Kappler defined [[fascism]] "dead" and he didn't wanted to re-establish a puppet fascist government. | Then, Kappler identified the place where [[Benito Mussolini|Mussolini]] was held prisoner, in Campo Imperatore, and planned its release by direct order of [[Heinrich Himmler]], even though Kappler defined [[fascism]] "dead" and he didn't wanted to re-establish a puppet fascist government. | ||