Skorzeny spent several weeks in the early autumn of 1943 planning the proposed raid and gathering intelligence, conversing extensively with both Hermann Goring and Heinrich Himmler, both of whom were anxious to claim credit for any potentially successful mission.

1943 年初秋， 斯科尔兹尼花了几周时间计划拟议的突袭并收集情报，并与赫尔曼·戈林和海因里希·希姆莱进行了广泛交谈，两人都急于为任何可能成功的任务归功于自己。