The tiny coastal Latin American nation of Olancho was the last refuge of one Nazi war criminal, Skell, who was captured and hanged by Blackhawk.
History
During World War II, Olancho was tiny coastal nation, half a world away from Germany, in Latin America. The Nazis had sponsored a right-wing underground movement in that country during the war, with an active cell of saboteurs.
The architect of this movement, and of a great deal of other Nazi mischief, was a high-ranking Nazi named Skell, who in 1944, seeing the Third Reich collapsing around him, flew to Olancho, ditched his fighter plane in the ocean, shaved off his distinctive set of whiskers, adopted the name "Truro," and set up shop there. He summoned his underground leaders to an emergency meeting in Olancho City, then called the Olancho police to ambush and arrest them. This quickly won him the trust of the local authorities, and he became a local hero. The Olanchoan government appointed him to be Provost Marshal of Olancho City, and he oversaw the hanging of his former compatriots shortly later.
When his officers brought in a notorious Olanchoan crime organizer named Lidik, "Truro" secretly recruited him to form a new social movement, the "Anti-Nazi League," which they used to lay the groundwork for a coup d'etat. When he felt the time was ripe, he accused the incumbent president of Olancho of treason and smeared him as a Nazi collaborator. This scheme was thwarted by the arrival in Olancho of the famous Blackhawk Squadron, who were alerted to this trouble by their informal international network of messengers, drummers, and radio hams. After some investigating and some fighting, the "Anti-Nazi League" was smashed, and Skell was hanged from a tree by Blackhawk.
Points of Interest
- Olancho City
Residents
- President of Olancho
- Viola, his daughter
- Major Gallo
See Also
- Appearances of Olancho
- Location Gallery: Olancho
- Catalogued images related to Olancho