The secret mission launched by the US Army in the last days of the war in Europe to apprehend Hermann Göring, Hitler's No. 2 and the most senior Nazi to survive the war.

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Sources: 'Hermann Göring' by Wolfgang Paul; 'Interview with Lester Leggett About the Mission to Capture Hermann Göring' by David Lesjak, World War II, JanFeb. 2006; 'Pilot Recalls Nazi Leader's Capture', Jerusalem Post, 30 January 2011; 'The Reich Marshal A Biography of Hermann Göring' by Leonard Mosley.

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