Fernando Soleti

Soleti on the right behind Mussolini

General Soleti (left) on Gran Sasso

Fernando Soleti (* 1891 ; † 1978 ) was an Italian general in the Polizia dell'Africa Italiana (PAI).

Life

General Soleti participated in the rescue operation for the deposed Italian dictator Benito Mussolini on 12 September 1943, the paratroopers - Demonstration Battalion at the Gran Sasso d'Italia in the Abruzzo part on the German side. This military operation became known under the code name " Operation Oak ". It was his job for the Italian Carabinieri who guarded Mussolini to forbid resistance against the German attackers.

Web links

Commons : Fernando Soleti - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Herbert Greuél (ed.): Otto Skorzeny. My commando companies . War without fronts. Limes-Verlag, Wiesbaden 1977, ISBN 3-8090-2100-8 , p. 231 ff .
↑ Benito Mussolini Memoirs, 1942–1943: With Documents Relating to the Period , G. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1949, p. 306. ( limited preview on Google Book Search ).

personal data
SURNAME	Soleti, Fernando
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian General of the Polizia dell'Africa Italiana (PAI)
DATE OF BIRTH	1891
DATE OF DEATH	1978

[1] Herbert Greuél (ed.): Otto Skorzeny. My commando companies . War without fronts. Limes-Verlag, Wiesbaden 1977, ISBN 3-8090-2100-8 , p. 231 ff .

[2] Benito Mussolini Memoirs, 1942–1943: With Documents Relating to the Period , G. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1949, p. 306. ( limited preview on Google Book Search ).