Otto Skorzeny
publication date: Tuesday, October 29, 2013 (part of Fall 2013)
category: 
Military
clue: This scar-faced German gained fame for liberating another nation's leader from captivity.
explanation: Skorzeny led an operation that freed Benito Mussolini. more…
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, Richard Slominsky, Justin Woods, Denise Sawicki, Matthew Preston, Joanna Woods, Erik Bates, Mike Rothstein, and Elaine Beckland
Axis: On the eve of the second world war, Germany, Italy, and Japan signed a three-way pact to oppose their mutual enemies. These five goos repesent some of the best and worst people associated with the Axis side of the war.Similar Goos
Héctor Andrés Negroni
No history of Puerto Rico's contributions the U.S. Armed Forces would be complete without this colonel. Go »
Amon Goeth
As many as twelve thousand prisoners died in his concentration camp at Plaszów, many shot by him personally from his balcony. Go »
Koko Kondo
Pearl Buck and Ralph Edwards have this hibakusha in common. Go »
Hiroo Onoda
The last native Japanese soldier to give up the war now has a home in Brazil. Go »
Salvo D'Acquisto
When his nation switched sides, this soldier made a saintly sacrifice to prevent Germans from executing 22 of his countrymen. Go »
