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Add new Web site: National Archives - United States of AMerica v. Otto Skorzeny Trial Et Al. Nov 12, 2024
Anniversary information added. Jul 01, 2024
Add new Web site: Weapons and Warfare - Trojan Horse of the Ardennes. Jun 01, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Apr 09, 2024
Add new Web site: Warfare History Network - Operation Greif and Otto “Scarface” Skorzeny. Apr 05, 2024
Anniversary information added. Jan 01, 2024
Add new Web site: BBC News - How did Hitler's scar-faced henchman become an Irish farmer? Nov 09, 2023
Links added. Aug 03, 2023
Add new Web site: Academia - Skorzeny: The Mythical Commando. May 05, 2023
Add new Web site: World War II Database - Biography of Otto Skorzeny. Mar 21, 2023
Add new Web site: Jewish Virtual Library - Biography of Otto Skorzeny. Jul 27, 2017
Added new Web site: Spartacus Educational - Biography of Otto Skorzeny. Nov 26, 2008
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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