I live in vienna in the 9th district near where he destroyed a synagoge and beat up up the jewish people inside during kristnalnacht...this man was a fanatic who enjoyed killing and hunting people down...he never fought himself which makes him a coward
Skorzeny was one of the top ten most bizarre and fascinating historical characters of the last century. My father met him at a party in Spain in 1952. Skorzeny arrived in a full SS uniform with Knights Cross. Quite a showman.
No sane person would foolishly put on any SS uniform in 1952, given the climes at that time, not to mention the search for nazi war criminals was still rampant at the time also
Even though he had never denounced Hitler and National Socialism (Nazism), he truly still was one of the most fascinating SS officers to live. He lived and survived to tell the tail. “The Most Dangerous Man in Europe”, that is one heck of a title to be given. Especially from his enemies and allies.
That's what makes him a man. Release your mind from the allied propoganda. Imagine thinking that for no reason at all, an entire nation just turned into deranged lunatics lmao
Andrew Storm Wrong.. because Obers't Tychsen views are neither politically or racially motivated, Just stating the obvious that this man was a top soldier.
He played absolutely no part in Operation Oak. He didn't plan anything and he didn't do the orders. That was all done by Student and his paratroopers. Skorzeny was merely a symbolical figure they dragged along with them. It was a propaganda piece. He even put the whole thing in jeopardy when he insisted to be a third passenger in the Storch, which had little room for takeoff and one overweight passenger to transport. But no the large and heavy Skorzeny wanted to make sure he'd be the first to answer questions to the propaganda guys who were already waiting.
green machine gtfoh ! Ure not european arent you ? Obviously you have no concept of the guy except what u saw in those retarded documentaries ! Go play modern warfare or watch ur midgetporn degenerate fuck !
+john kevin wilshaw It is the stuff of fiction in this book I'm reading now. In this book, aliens invade the Earth during the height of WW2, which of course changes everything. Otto Skorzeny becomes one of the single greatest threats for the aliens, which is actually kind of believable, considering the stuff he actually pulled off.
john kevin wilshaw Not sure if you can. You can download the audiobooks if you're into audiobooks. It's a series of eight books called by the Worldwar series by Harry Turtledove. Skorzeny is just one of the characters though so it's not all about him. He pops up quite often though.
@@antonijestanisa8565 James Bond is a [redacted] compared to Herr Skorzeny. May Skorzeny RIP. He was a good man. Him and Degrelle. On the right side of history.
@@didymussumydid9726 of course like we don't have enough problems in our lifes we now have some invisible alien enemies? Or did they fight them off completely? I guess we all would be enslaved by giant jewish super soldiers if it weren't for nazis like him? I mean the millions of casualties were a good trade for that!
Conocí a Otto Scorzeny, pues él, trabajaba como ingeniero en el pasaje la Montera en Madrid y era cliente del establecimiento donde yo trabajaba, ubicado en el mismo pasaje. Muchas veces me contó como aterrizó en el Gran Saso para liberar a Mussolini, y como al salir del Gran Sasso con él, la avioneta no tenía espacio para coger velocidad y cayeron durante un tiempo al vacio hasta que pudo coger altura. Uno de mis jefes medía casi dos metros y era amigo de Skorzeny y solia decir Otto Skorzeny, que por la mañana media 1,89 y por la noche al acostarse no llegaba al 1,88. Le preguntábamos prqué y decía que se levantaba muy estirado de la cama y según pasaba el día se iban apelmazando sus vértebra y articulaciones y por eso se acortaba su estatura. Yo con 15 años más o menos no sabía apenas la historia y en esos años no le dí importancia. Con el paso de los años averigüé las andanzas de su vida y me quedé perplejo cuando supe con quien hablaba de adolescente. Con uan cámaf Polaroid mi jefe hizo algunas fotos de él y yo salía en ellas, aunque nunca me preocupé de tener alguna, quien sabe donde estarás esas imágenes. Esto fue en el año 1972 aproximadamente. No entro en política , solo quiero comentar esto como un personaje histórico que fue y al que conocí.
Otto Skorzeny. At 6′4″ he was a massive lad, heavily built and physically incredibly strong. His face was scarred by the duels he got into as a young cadet in military acadamy. Skorzeny looked like an enormous Teutonic version of Christopher Walken, if Walken had been bottle-fed with anabolic steroids and bovine testosterone since infancy...
He didn't get the scars within a military academy but during a fencing duel in his student fraternity. Many of these so called "Burschenschaften" still exist in the german speaking countries with some of them having a history of almost 200 years. There are "schlagende Burschenschaften" and "nicht schlagende Burschenschaften", the first ones are the ones were fencing is part of being a part of it.
ijnfleetadmiral Wonder where you got these dates, and ranks, from. According to his own memoirs, he was promoted OStbF in March, 1945, and never promoted StF. (I agree, however, that he should have deserved a promotion in Oct. 1944, after capturing Horthy almost without any bloodshed.)Btw, he never was a professional soldier, all his ranks were res.! (The Wehrmacht had rejected him, when he applied, because he was too old; that's why he joined the SS)
Otto was of course banned from coming into the UK so we brought him in via the back door (as we did Hans-Ulrich Rudel and others) and he gave us interesting talks. His sabre cut is still visible here....he was a great man. WKW.
Spoke only two foreign languages. That's not a lot. I know many who can speak three or some even four. I speak two: english and finnish. Its pretty normal.
A good man, a good leader, and a hero to his country and the men he lead. I know Germany is very dismissive and hateful towards anything Nazi related nowadays, however I truly hope at least some of the German people can recognize how amazing this man is, and how hard he fought for the country that turned on him, imprisoned him and forced him to flee after the collapse of Nazi Germany.
Are you a neo nazi? He was a nazi of course you have to "turn on him" . He deserved to be excecuted he was a despicable human . You clearly have no clue what you are talking about. And I bet if you would have seen what happened to this country under the reign of the nazis you wouldnt dare to say such unknowing words. You are insulting Germany for daring calling him a hero of Germany.
Respect for this man he commanded some brilliant operations. Perhaps his only serious failure was at Drvar where his paratroopers failed in capturing or killing Tito...
On the contrary he failed most of the time, since he pulled off the Mussolini stunt, he was given almost absurd assignments as Nazis were more and more desperate.
Skorzeny is up there with Peiper, Wittmann and Meyer as the best Nazi Germany had to offer in terms of professional soldiering and loyalty. People often judge these men against a modern moral paradigm, but they have to be considered amidst the times they lived in. They did what they did better than almost anyone else, and for that, I admire them. The brutal honesty with which Herr Skorzeny speaks is refreshing also. However much I despise his politics, I salute his professionalism.
fresnowfo A movie of his war time activities would probably get made but it would be a softball movie. Some of his exploits would implicate a LOT of US diplomats and Allan Dulles of the CIA because he did a lot of work for them. As part of the Paladin Group he trained much of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt in military training. This would directly implicate Allan Dulles and the CIA. It, in part, gave rise to Militant Islam and a movement called Islamo-Fascism. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paladin_Group
Hmm - it's called a "Schmiss". Students in Germany and Austria got these "Schmisses" by fencing with sharp swords unprotected. The "Schmiss" was considered a sign of manliness and honour.
The raid to rescue Mussolini which was led by Skorzeny is one of the most underrated military operations in history. It went absolutely perfectly, even Mussolini was stunned at how good the Germans were, he didn’t think he could possibly get out of that situation but I guess hitler wasn’t gonna leave his friend behind in that situation which I really respect.
Thank you for this. Wish I understood every word, but I am mono-lingual. Don't know If it still hangs there, but back in the '60's there was a pic of Skorzeny and some info about his commando exploits in the 82nd. Airborne Museum in Fayetteville, NC! A friend saw that when he was in boot camp and adopted Skorzeny as a personal hero. He returned from Viet Nam very well decorated.
Where are the full interviews and transcripts for this? I do not speak German. I believe this is one of the links that are very important to understand the world in which we live in today. The SS did not surrender nor the Nazi party. Only the Wehrmacht did.
As a German with Turkish roots: Man I wish we had more Germans like him today. Not talking ideologies but him as a person in general. Today many Germans get mocked with the „Alman“. It just means „German“ in the Turkish language, but people say it to say „cry baby or soft guy“. Maybe I’m overthinking it idk. I love my Deutschland and I will never replace my beautiful flag
the big hero, a real man.So,for me, because I'm Russian , doubly overcomes the pride that we have placed on the knees of all these heros,like Otto Skorzeny!
There is no doubt that Skorzeny was an exceptional individual. I do think that some details about his exploits have been greatly exaggerated and that he himself was quite the 'showman' and liked to boast a lot. His track record, though extremely impressive even if only 30% of it were true, is a little hard to believe for one man. Still, he would probably be the last person I would pick a fight with were he still alive.
@@newadam573 And where have you acquired this esoteric knowledge then? How do you know what he kept hidden and what he did not? What exploits were true and which ones weren't? You can find interviews right here on youtube where he alludes to secret operations he did for a country, but then says he can't go into details. If they were so secretive why mention them in the first place? That just boasting. I have an extended database of pictures about him showing off his medals and others exploits, including to children. He was quite a showman.
@@newadam573 Modern historians have, and there is ample evidence that nazi propaganda exaggerated his performance. Propaganda needs a face, you can't make heroes out of 100+ people, even though that's the amount involved in the rescue operation of Mussolini, yet for both propaganda reasons and ambitiousness of Skorzeny (combined with the fact that he was a rather intimidating figure with his facial scar and height) they turned him into the face of the operation, even though credit belongs to the Luftwaffe and the personnel involved, not just Skorzeny.
@@newadam573 I said a hunderd+ not 'hundreds.' Skorzeny did not overwhelm 200 Carabinieri on his own, you know. You need serious force to accomplish that. I don't know if you can call a force of 100+ a small force to overwhelm a guard (who probably weren't commando specialist) of 200. Skorzeny was ordered to do it alongside a highshot within the Luftwaffe, who either lended him the men or who ordered Fallschrimjagers to go along with him. Your point about modern historians defeats your earlier point that modern historians have nothing on him to discredit him; the points I mentioned above disproves that notion. There were tonnes of men involved in freeing Mussolini, not just the men on the field, but also the ones involved in planning the operations and those required for logistics. Skorzeny just so happened to become the face for propaganda reasons. Also you suddenly start shifting your focus from commando tactics to literally army strategies. Commandos didn't conquer France, the Netherlands or whatever the fuck, armies did. What ample evidence is there that he exaggerated? The one I just given you concerning his operations about freeing Mussolini. What evidence do you have that the secretive operations that he alludes to actually happened? You need to prove that it happened, not I.
@@newadam573 Skorzeny and his detachment of 16 SS men took credit for the entire operation, promoted by the propaganda machine of the Third Reich. Yet the operation at large was mostly Luftwaffe and the Fallschrimjagers deserved more credit than Skorzeny and his crew did. There were ten gliders involved and Skorzeny was not in charge of the whole operation, only his detachment of SS men. Like I said, propaganda needs a face and that just so happened to be the highly picturesque Skorzeny. He also forced himself into the plane with Mussolini and made sure that as Mussolini landed back to safety that he was right next to him for a photo. You simply don't know how the other 80 or so Fallschrimjagers felt about Skorzeny being the face of the operation. Why wasn't Harald Mors who planned and executed the raid the face of the operation? I'm sure he and his fallschrimjagers didn't like him for it, but then Luftwaffe wasn't SS. Skorzeny and his detachment were, and they had the backing of Goebbels and Himmler. That's not to say that Skorzeny was a coward, or that he did nothing. Quite the contrary, but his performance was no doubt exaggerated in this case, and many details in his interviews are unverifiable. Why allude to doing secret shit for countries in the first place if what he did was so secretive he can't go into details? Hans Ulrich Rudel was arguably more succcesful than Skorzeny was yet he was much more humble in his accomplishments. He also didn't publish two autobiographies, Skorzeny did. No doubt many people take what Skorzeny wrote at face value, especially people who admire him. I mean, I admire him also but have begun to question some details about his exploits as I got older. What you say about court historians is certainly true, but it doesn't mean that they are always wrong either. At the end of the day though, I think we can both agree that Skorzeny was awesome.
I once was a GM, in a role playing game. Near the end of the senario, I had them face Skorzeny. All but one ran away. The one that didn't had no clue to who he was. The others knew I would make him unbeatable. Needless to say, the main group had to leave their dead behind. Skorzeny was the man!
@tiger2995 You forgot Leon Degrelle The gifted Belgian leader and SS combat hero describes the heroism, high standards and fervent comradeship that made Waffen SS the most storied and the most calumniated fighting force of World War II. This is a special translated narration, in English, of Degrelle's video presentation at the Fourth IHR Conference, 1982.
Waffen SS Obersturmbannführer Otto Skorzeny was the man! He was considered by the Allies as the "Most dangerous man in Europe." Skorzeny and his Fallschirmjäger troops rescued Mussolini off of a mountain fortress. Skorzeny was Hitler's favorite commando. Some of you should read about 'Unternehmen Greif' a operation against the Allies that thru them into complete disarray.
So ein besonderer Mann! All die Operationen die er durch geführt hat während des Zweiten Weltkrieges sind bis heute unübertroffen, die Vereinigten Staaten und all die anderen Länder die ihn nach dem Krieg angeworben haben wussten genau dass seine fähigkeiten einmalig sind! Möge er in Frieden Ruhen!
@@herbertfoelser3845 in seinem Buch „Meine Kommandounternehmen“ wirst du sicher fündig dort wird zwar viel aus dem Zweiten Weltkrieg erzählt aber auch was dannach passierte! Nachdem Krieg wäre es ihm möglich gewesen in Deutschland zu bleiben, er wurde 1949 freigesprochen jedoch hat er für den Ausländischen Geheimdiensten zusammen gearbeitet und somit war es in Spanien für ihn besser
When millions do die and fail in battles, probability dictates that there are very few who gets the "jackpot": Skorzeny was one of those; another lucky dog was Hans-Ulrich Rudel. They succeeded against all possible odds
The inevitable future relationship we'll have with war as a species, when reality hits it breeds men like this whenever the time's required. If alive I'd be interested to hear Skorzenys' take on our current biology/gender difficulty.
+guydecervens taking out a rouge element not following orders. I believe the Commies had that problem in Cambodia. I gather OdeSSa (the mysterious retired league of SS officers) did not want people doing their own business without permission. The war was over and Germany had other problems to deal with than chasing old grudges. Mossad may have had it in for the Gestapo and Mengele, Eichmann and Mueller and ilk but it had a different relationship with the SS.
this is a claim from the jewish newpaper haaretz. in the video here he just said that a lot of countries had asked him to do operations. that might be true but he did not say that he did it.
todo un caballero y de trato afable y correctisimo nunca fue fanatico de nada pero si un gran soldado y un patriota aleman- España la acogio y nunca ningun intelectual ni escritor se opuso a su presencia
I admire the way he could speak multiple languages with relative ease. A highly educated man. And a real badass. Respect.
I live in vienna in the 9th district near where he destroyed a synagoge and beat up up the jewish people inside during kristnalnacht...this man was a fanatic who enjoyed killing and hunting people down...he never fought himself which makes him a coward
Dafuq he was a fucking nazi What do you meaaan ?!
a normally developed male, i would say.
Skorzeny was one of the top ten most bizarre and fascinating historical characters of the last century. My father met him at a party in Spain in 1952. Skorzeny arrived in a full SS uniform with Knights Cross. Quite a showman.
Lockbar badass uniform
Lockbar your father didn’t meet anyone little kid stfu
No sane person would foolishly put on any SS uniform in 1952, given the climes at that time, not to mention the search for nazi war criminals was still rampant at the time also
@@1anre not in spain
Skorzeny worked for the Israeli you idiot
Sounds like an honest enemy. A very dangerous man, indeed.
+Jdr Eldridge Jdr, an "honest enemy," yes. Have you ever heard that saying, "Better to have a good enemy than a bad friend?" Fits in here, I think.
Viktoria Ironpride Yup.
A German real life James Bond
he was Austrian.
pauls185 its tempting to say "what is the difference?"
More like Bond villain
@@A_annoying_rodent fuck u
Skorzeny was an authentical historical figure.
Even though he had never denounced Hitler and National Socialism (Nazism), he truly still was one of the most fascinating SS officers to live. He lived and survived to tell the tail. “The Most Dangerous Man in Europe”, that is one heck of a title to be given. Especially from his enemies and allies.
Why should he denounce? They were RIGHT. WW2 was Man vs. Evil and Man lost.
That's what makes him a man. Release your mind from the allied propoganda. Imagine thinking that for no reason at all, an entire nation just turned into deranged lunatics lmao
A proper warrior, hard as nails. Respect to the man.
Andrew Storm Wrong.. because Obers't Tychsen views are neither politically or racially motivated, Just stating the obvious that this man was a top soldier.
+Andrew Storm you state this as you sit in your mothers basement playing video war games ? your a joke
He played absolutely no part in Operation Oak. He didn't plan anything and he didn't do the orders. That was all done by Student and his paratroopers. Skorzeny was merely a symbolical figure they dragged along with them. It was a propaganda piece. He even put the whole thing in jeopardy when he insisted to be a third passenger in the Storch, which had little room for takeoff and one overweight passenger to transport. But no the large and heavy Skorzeny wanted to make sure he'd be the first to answer questions to the propaganda guys who were already waiting.
green machine gtfoh ! Ure not european arent you ?
Obviously you have no concept of the guy except what u saw in those retarded documentaries !
Go play modern warfare or watch ur midgetporn degenerate fuck !
green machine See...
Just what i expected.
You know jack shit ! :)
He was clever and brave and so were all of his para troopers.
This guy was a true man's man, they don't make them like they used to. RIP
Well I do know a few and bonus they are not ex Nazis
A man's man. His legendary exploits are almost the stuff of fiction but it actually happened.
+john kevin wilshaw It is the stuff of fiction in this book I'm reading now. In this book, aliens invade the Earth during the height of WW2, which of course changes everything. Otto Skorzeny becomes one of the single greatest threats for the aliens, which is actually kind of believable, considering the stuff he actually pulled off.
Mike Vizioz I like it! Can you get it on Amazon?
john kevin wilshaw Not sure if you can. You can download the audiobooks if you're into audiobooks. It's a series of eight books called by the Worldwar series by Harry Turtledove. Skorzeny is just one of the characters though so it's not all about him. He pops up quite often though.
they should make a movie about Otto Skorzeny. He was such an amazing soldier and did so much
They did.James bond. You think jewish Hollywood would give credit to a German though?
@@antonijestanisa8565 James Bond is a [redacted] compared to Herr Skorzeny. May Skorzeny RIP. He was a good man. Him and Degrelle. On the right side of history.
@@lucasgrey9794 For Europe and her peoples, against the internal and external enemies of us all.
@@didymussumydid9726 of course like we don't have enough problems in our lifes we now have some invisible alien enemies? Or did they fight them off completely? I guess we all would be enslaved by giant jewish super soldiers if it weren't for nazis like him? I mean the millions of casualties were a good trade for that!
Now that I'd love to see!
Even his voice fits his title.
Smoker
@@jimmyjones9775 Literally everyone back then, lol.
Dude loved adventure. 1000% the US asked him for help in South America to deal with communists during the Cold War. What a fascinating individual!
Imagine being that one guy who worked with Hitler and had such crazy adventures like Mussolini recapture.
Conocí a Otto Scorzeny, pues él, trabajaba como ingeniero en el pasaje
la Montera en Madrid y era cliente del establecimiento donde yo
trabajaba, ubicado en el mismo pasaje.
Muchas veces me contó como aterrizó en el Gran Saso para liberar a Mussolini, y como al salir del Gran Sasso con él, la avioneta no tenía espacio para coger velocidad y cayeron durante un tiempo al vacio hasta que pudo coger altura.
Uno de mis jefes medía casi dos metros y era amigo de Skorzeny y solia decir Otto Skorzeny, que por la mañana media 1,89 y por la noche al acostarse no llegaba al 1,88. Le preguntábamos prqué y decía que se levantaba muy estirado de la cama y según pasaba el día se iban apelmazando sus vértebra y articulaciones y por eso se acortaba su estatura.
Yo con 15 años más o menos no sabía apenas la historia y en esos años no le dí importancia. Con el paso de los años averigüé las andanzas de su vida y me quedé perplejo cuando supe con quien hablaba de adolescente. Con uan cámaf Polaroid mi jefe hizo algunas fotos de él y yo salía en ellas, aunque nunca me preocupé de tener alguna, quien sabe donde estarás esas imágenes. Esto fue en el año 1972 aproximadamente.
No entro en política , solo quiero comentar esto como un personaje histórico que fue y al que conocí.
Je vous envie car vous avez beaucoup de chance pour l'avoir rencontré. Votre récit est plein de respect.
Que trabajos hacía el como ingeniero?
Creo que tabajaba para costurctoras@@crazypato3752
i call this man as one of the earlier Spec Ops commando
A very intelligent man no doubt, speaks french fluently, but most of all a soldier. No wonder the US had such an interest in him.
And a nazi ^^
and spanish too
@@michalje6295bro spoke 5 languages
From a military perspective this is the head of Germany's commando unit & a very brave man , Respect ....
R.I.P
He spoke at least 3 foreign language..He was brilliant in every aspect.. R.I.P.
4 with his father language - Polish
Sound's like sour Grape's to me you asswipe.
@@biltom That's pretty dim.
i also speak 3 languages german croatian and english, also i do understand quite a lot of czech as it´s very similar to croatian
@@Humbulla93 good for you. Being multilingual is not common in europe
Most dangerous man in europe
i admire his modesty... "everybody wants me"
Otto Skorzeny. At 6′4″ he was a massive lad, heavily built and physically incredibly strong. His face was scarred by the duels he got into as a young cadet in military acadamy. Skorzeny looked like an enormous Teutonic version of Christopher Walken, if Walken had been bottle-fed with anabolic steroids and bovine testosterone since infancy...
He didn't get the scars within a military academy but during a fencing duel in his student fraternity. Many of these so called "Burschenschaften" still exist in the german speaking countries with some of them having a history of almost 200 years. There are "schlagende Burschenschaften" and "nicht schlagende Burschenschaften", the first ones are the ones were fencing is part of being a part of it.
Otto Skorzeny's Dates of Rank:
Unterscharführer (Sergeant) - 01 May 1940
Oberscharführer (Senior Sergeant) - 01 September 1940
Untersturmführer (2nd Lieutenant) - 30 January 1941
Obersturmführer (1st Lieutenant) - 09 April 1941
Hauptsturmführer (Captain) - 28 April 1943
Sturmbannführer (Major) - 12 September 1943
Obersturmbannführer (Lieutenant Colonel) - 16 October 1944
Standartenführer (Colonel) - 20 April 1945
ijnfleetadmiral Wonder where you got these dates, and ranks, from. According to his own memoirs, he was promoted OStbF in March, 1945, and never promoted StF. (I agree, however, that he should have deserved a promotion in Oct. 1944, after capturing Horthy almost without any bloodshed.)Btw, he never was a professional soldier, all his ranks were res.! (The Wehrmacht had rejected him, when he applied, because he was too old; that's why he joined the SS)
I read some where Hitler made him an Honoury General.
His voice is a very deep and dangerous one ☠️💀
Otto was of course banned from coming into the UK so we brought him in via the back door (as we did Hans-Ulrich Rudel and others) and he gave us interesting talks. His sabre cut is still visible here....he was a great man. WKW.
Educated. Polyglot. Warrior. An Übermensch par excellence.
Well he obviously come close to nietzsches ideal ;-)
Spoke only two foreign languages. That's not a lot. I know many who can speak three or some even four. I speak two: english and finnish. Its pretty normal.
Also too smart to give a shit about Nazism, I reckon. I doubt he'd work for Mossad otherwise.
urmo345 he speaks polish Italian and Spanish too
you are correct. I am not fluent, but the background includes English, German, French, Spanish and Japanese.
1000 fake friends/pretenders but 1 genuine friend,they called him the most dangerous man in the Europe.
A good man, a good leader, and a hero to his country and the men he lead. I know Germany is very dismissive and hateful towards anything Nazi related nowadays, however I truly hope at least some of the German people can recognize how amazing this man is, and how hard he fought for the country that turned on him, imprisoned him and forced him to flee after the collapse of Nazi Germany.
yes, some of us can ;)
Are you a neo nazi? He was a nazi of course you have to "turn on him" . He deserved to be excecuted he was a despicable human . You clearly have no clue what you are talking about. And I bet if you would have seen what happened to this country under the reign of the nazis you wouldnt dare to say such unknowing words. You are insulting Germany for daring calling him a hero of Germany.
Respect for this man he commanded some brilliant operations. Perhaps his only serious failure was at Drvar where his paratroopers failed in capturing or killing Tito...
Or that time he got about 320000 hungarian Jews deported by carrying out an operation which got a anti-semetic party in power.
@@jonathans6221 who cares, it was a war between them and us..
@@jonathans6221 you call that a failure? Seems pretty successful, but maybe 320k is too low of a number?
@@jonathans6221 cry.
On the contrary he failed most of the time, since he pulled off the Mussolini stunt, he was given almost absurd assignments as Nazis were more and more desperate.
most feared man in europe
dodostrongg-Thanx for posting. I have two books about his military operations but had never seen or heard him speak before.
WW2 was Man vs. Evil and Man lost
Skorzeny is up there with Peiper, Wittmann and Meyer as the best Nazi Germany had to offer in terms of professional soldiering and loyalty. People often judge these men against a modern moral paradigm, but they have to be considered amidst the times they lived in. They did what they did better than almost anyone else, and for that, I admire them. The brutal honesty with which Herr Skorzeny speaks is refreshing also. However much I despise his politics, I salute his professionalism.
You forgot the one man army: Hans-Ulrich Rudel. Single most destructive soldier to have existed.
This guy was amazing. He was the first 007. Worked for Israel the US and UK in clandestine operations.
Superb soldier
I am Jewish, and I have absolute respect for this man.
He was a Nazi, but a Hero just the same. Why is there not a movie of this soldier?
***** No, I asked 4 months ago why there was not a movie of this Hero.
***** My Grandfather was in a concentration camp in Poland in WW 2. He was stationed in guard tower #3....
***** what joke?
And you also H...
fresnowfo A movie of his war time activities would probably get made but it would be a softball movie. Some of his exploits would implicate a LOT of US diplomats and Allan Dulles of the CIA because he did a lot of work for them. As part of the Paladin Group he trained much of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt in military training. This would directly implicate Allan Dulles and the CIA. It, in part, gave rise to Militant Islam and a movement called Islamo-Fascism.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paladin_Group
Kid: "Uncle, what did Skorzeny do in WW2"
Me: "Everything."
this man had something to remember in old age
that scar is badass.
Hmm - it's called a "Schmiss". Students in Germany and Austria got these "Schmisses" by fencing with sharp swords unprotected.
The "Schmiss" was considered a sign of manliness and honour.
The raid to rescue Mussolini which was led by Skorzeny is one of the most underrated military operations in history. It went absolutely perfectly, even Mussolini was stunned at how good the Germans were, he didn’t think he could possibly get out of that situation but I guess hitler wasn’t gonna leave his friend behind in that situation which I really respect.
The rescue of Mussolini was planned by General Student
Thank you for this. Wish I understood every word, but I am mono-lingual. Don't know If it still hangs there, but back in the '60's there was a pic of Skorzeny and some info about his commando exploits in the 82nd. Airborne Museum in Fayetteville, NC! A friend saw that when he was in boot camp and adopted Skorzeny as a personal hero. He returned from Viet Nam very well decorated.
Father of spec ops.
Good work!- English subtitles will help us understand his Deutsch comments .
...and the French comments too.
Where are the full interviews and transcripts for this? I do not speak German. I believe this is one of the links that are very important to understand the world in which we live in today. The SS did not surrender nor the Nazi party. Only the Wehrmacht did.
rsaathoff the entire shithole nation crumbled to its knees and gave up. So I’m not sure what you’re saying.
skorzeny was one tough S.O.B....respect
wielki człowiek takich ludzi już dziś nie ma
Odezwał sie jakiś pierdolony faszysta po polsku.
i understand everything
As a German with Turkish roots:
Man I wish we had more Germans like him today. Not talking ideologies but him as a person in general. Today many Germans get mocked with the „Alman“. It just means „German“ in the Turkish language, but people say it to say „cry baby or soft guy“. Maybe I’m overthinking it idk. I love my Deutschland and I will never replace my beautiful flag
german with turkish roots🤣
Entire Germany wish when u and your arabs will go back home
a german doesn't have turkish roots
i was born in germany, i live here and i have the german passport. I am a German. @@ablackpencil8249
Get mocked ? What do you mean?
hardened well educated warrior
the big hero, a real man.So,for me,
because I'm Russian , doubly overcomes the pride that we have placed on the knees of all these heros,like Otto Skorzeny!
Well the voice matches the man. That's mainly why i wanted to see this. No Mike Tyson effect detected.
Otto Skorzeny real black ops! best of the best!
thanks for your service
I admire him because he is handsome, charismatic and speak multi language.Eventhough he was a dangerous man.
There is no doubt that Skorzeny was an exceptional individual. I do think that some details about his exploits have been greatly exaggerated and that he himself was quite the 'showman' and liked to boast a lot. His track record, though extremely impressive even if only 30% of it were true, is a little hard to believe for one man. Still, he would probably be the last person I would pick a fight with were he still alive.
Sometimes it's not what you really are. but what others think you are.
@@newadam573 And where have you acquired this esoteric knowledge then? How do you know what he kept hidden and what he did not? What exploits were true and which ones weren't? You can find interviews right here on youtube where he alludes to secret operations he did for a country, but then says he can't go into details. If they were so secretive why mention them in the first place? That just boasting.
I have an extended database of pictures about him showing off his medals and others exploits, including to children. He was quite a showman.
@@newadam573 Modern historians have, and there is ample evidence that nazi propaganda exaggerated his performance. Propaganda needs a face, you can't make heroes out of 100+ people, even though that's the amount involved in the rescue operation of Mussolini, yet for both propaganda reasons and ambitiousness of Skorzeny (combined with the fact that he was a rather intimidating figure with his facial scar and height) they turned him into the face of the operation, even though credit belongs to the Luftwaffe and the personnel involved, not just Skorzeny.
@@newadam573 I said a hunderd+ not 'hundreds.' Skorzeny did not overwhelm 200 Carabinieri on his own, you know. You need serious force to accomplish that. I don't know if you can call a force of 100+ a small force to overwhelm a guard (who probably weren't commando specialist) of 200.
Skorzeny was ordered to do it alongside a highshot within the Luftwaffe, who either lended him the men or who ordered Fallschrimjagers to go along with him.
Your point about modern historians defeats your earlier point that modern historians have nothing on him to discredit him; the points I mentioned above disproves that notion. There were tonnes of men involved in freeing Mussolini, not just the men on the field, but also the ones involved in planning the operations and those required for logistics. Skorzeny just so happened to become the face for propaganda reasons.
Also you suddenly start shifting your focus from commando tactics to literally army strategies. Commandos didn't conquer France, the Netherlands or whatever the fuck, armies did.
What ample evidence is there that he exaggerated? The one I just given you concerning his operations about freeing Mussolini. What evidence do you have that the secretive operations that he alludes to actually happened? You need to prove that it happened, not I.
@@newadam573 Skorzeny and his detachment of 16 SS men took credit for the entire operation, promoted by the propaganda machine of the Third Reich. Yet the operation at large was mostly Luftwaffe and the Fallschrimjagers deserved more credit than Skorzeny and his crew did. There were ten gliders involved and Skorzeny was not in charge of the whole operation, only his detachment of SS men. Like I said, propaganda needs a face and that just so happened to be the highly picturesque Skorzeny. He also forced himself into the plane with Mussolini and made sure that as Mussolini landed back to safety that he was right next to him for a photo.
You simply don't know how the other 80 or so Fallschrimjagers felt about Skorzeny being the face of the operation. Why wasn't Harald Mors who planned and executed the raid the face of the operation? I'm sure he and his fallschrimjagers didn't like him for it, but then Luftwaffe wasn't SS. Skorzeny and his detachment were, and they had the backing of Goebbels and Himmler.
That's not to say that Skorzeny was a coward, or that he did nothing. Quite the contrary, but his performance was no doubt exaggerated in this case, and many details in his interviews are unverifiable. Why allude to doing secret shit for countries in the first place if what he did was so secretive he can't go into details?
Hans Ulrich Rudel was arguably more succcesful than Skorzeny was yet he was much more humble in his accomplishments. He also didn't publish two autobiographies, Skorzeny did. No doubt many people take what Skorzeny wrote at face value, especially people who admire him. I mean, I admire him also but have begun to question some details about his exploits as I got older.
What you say about court historians is certainly true, but it doesn't mean that they are always wrong either. At the end of the day though, I think we can both agree that Skorzeny was awesome.
Fascinating, and he's multi-lingual too. I just wish my French and German were as good as his.
A brave and straight man! Even his former enemies respected him - up to now!
Great warrior
Respect to this man
Who else would love to have that painting in the beginning?
I once was a GM, in a role playing game. Near the end of the senario, I had them face Skorzeny. All but one ran away. The one that didn't had no clue to who he was. The others knew I would make him unbeatable. Needless to say, the main group had to leave their dead behind. Skorzeny was the man!
The last real commando
The absolute balls on this guy. Surprised he was able to walk.
United States of America wanted me to do “ special work” - Otto skorzeny
Absolut einverstanden mit dir !
I dare anyone to share this on Facebook
Ironically how the USA asked Otto for help to crush communism but wouldn’t help Otto crush it!
I wonder had ww2 never happened, what this man would have done in his life? Maybe he would have been just a regular businessman and engineer
Know the type. Met a guy just like him but less famous. No scruples, no emotional fear. Highly capable. If he had to he'd kill everything in his path.
@tiger2995 You forgot Leon Degrelle
The gifted Belgian leader and SS combat hero describes the heroism, high standards and fervent comradeship that made Waffen SS the most storied and the most calumniated fighting force of World War II. This is a special translated narration, in English, of Degrelle's video presentation at the Fourth IHR Conference, 1982.
“Some special work”. Yeah, right!
Respect for Otto Skorzeny.RIP warrior💐
The huge enigma OTTO SKORZENY
@Quex01 Very well said. The man is a legend.
"Skorzeny" should be a Major motion picture, C'mon Hollywood ! get with the program!!
Очень умный ариец , Отто Скарцени ! Он просто гениален, гений аналитик!!!!
Waffen SS Obersturmbannführer Otto Skorzeny was the man! He was considered by the Allies as the "Most dangerous man in Europe." Skorzeny and his Fallschirmjäger troops rescued Mussolini off of a mountain fortress. Skorzeny was Hitler's favorite commando. Some of you should read about 'Unternehmen Greif' a operation against the Allies that thru them into complete disarray.
heil to otto skorzeny
So ein besonderer Mann! All die Operationen die er durch geführt hat während des Zweiten Weltkrieges sind bis heute unübertroffen, die Vereinigten Staaten und all die anderen Länder die ihn nach dem Krieg angeworben haben wussten genau dass seine fähigkeiten einmalig sind! Möge er in Frieden Ruhen!
Dennoch war es ihm nicht mehr möglich in Österreich od. Deutschland, nach dem Krieg zu bleiben. Wäre sicher interessant mehr Hintergründe zu wissen.
@@herbertfoelser3845 in seinem Buch „Meine Kommandounternehmen“ wirst du sicher fündig dort wird zwar viel aus dem Zweiten Weltkrieg erzählt aber auch was dannach passierte! Nachdem Krieg wäre es ihm möglich gewesen in Deutschland zu bleiben, er wurde 1949 freigesprochen jedoch hat er für den Ausländischen Geheimdiensten zusammen gearbeitet und somit war es in Spanien für ihn besser
An interesting character.
When millions do die and fail in battles, probability dictates that there are very few who gets the "jackpot": Skorzeny was one of those; another lucky dog was Hans-Ulrich Rudel. They succeeded against all possible odds
Thy were not lucky man :-) They were INCREDIBLY good and lucky!
Rudel and Skorzeny make 'American sniper' Chris Kyle look like a choir boy.
Asistente del presidente argentino Juan Domingo Perón. Hay una photo juntos 1954.
The inevitable future relationship we'll have with war as a species, when reality hits it breeds men like this whenever the time's required. If alive I'd be interested to hear Skorzenys' take on our current biology/gender difficulty.
Domingo Peron y Eva Peron le dieron trabajo como custodio y consejero¡¡¡R.I.P. Otto.
I wish I understood German--I'd love to know what he's saying! Pity there's no translation in English here.
Skorzeny, a great soldier.
What an adventurous life he lead ! Amazing !
I love him!
I love you, Otto
do you have english transcripts
Alpha male in every aspect!! A gentleman warrior
He did a hit for Mossad
+guydecervens taking out a rouge element not following orders.
I believe the Commies had that problem in Cambodia.
I gather OdeSSa (the mysterious retired league of SS officers)
did not want people doing their own business
without permission. The war was over and Germany had other
problems to deal with than chasing old grudges. Mossad
may have had it in for the Gestapo and Mengele, Eichmann
and Mueller and ilk but it had a different relationship with the SS.
this is a claim from the jewish newpaper haaretz. in the video here he just said that a lot of countries had asked him to do operations. that might be true but he did not say that he did it.
He did accept Mossad's invitation to work for them.
Could anyone assist with a translation? I don't hear the way i used too, and transcribing with google is just proving fruitless
Are ther any English translations regarding this interview ?
Can i a knicker get some subtitles up in here?
Getting his portrait tattooed on my arm
how did it go?
The Chronic dude chill out
todo un caballero y de trato afable y correctisimo nunca fue fanatico de nada pero si un gran soldado y un patriota aleman- España la acogio y nunca ningun intelectual ni escritor se opuso a su presencia
il miglior uomo che la germania abbia mai creato
+omero gi ... he was austrian - like Hitler, stupido!
+Mona Vogelsang du denkst der war blöd? ich glaube du solltest das überdenken. Ein Mann der Ehre verdient und bekommt.
The historian of the 20th century