The CASSIA Spy Ring in World War II Austria

A History of the OSS's Maier-Messner Group

C. Turner (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

240 Seiten

2017
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-6969-4 (ISBN)

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After Hitler annexed Austria in 1938, the Gestapo began silencing critics. Many were shipped to concentration camps; those deemed most dangerous to the Reich were executed. Yet a few slipped through the Gestapo's net and organized resistance cells. One group, codenamed CASSIA, became America's most effective spy ring in Austria during World War II.

This first full-length account of CASSIA describes its contributions to the Allied war effort--including reports on the V-2 missile, Nazi death camps and advanced combat aircraft and tanks--before a catastrophic intelligence failure sent key members to the guillotine, firing squad or gas chamber.

C. Turner’s 25-year career in foreign affairs included postings in the Far East, South Asia, and Europe. Before serving in the government, he conducted anthropological fieldwork in Asia, Oceania, and North America.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

Introduction

Dramatis Personae

Comments on Terminology

Part One: The Communion of Nightfall

1. The Student

2. The Priest

3. The Communist

4. The Musician

Part Two: The Confession of Splinters

5. The Merchant

6. Intelligence Esoterica—A Brief Analysis of Intelligence Reporting on Peenemünde

7. The Forester

8. The Associate

9. The Middleman

10. The Handler

11. Intelligence Esoterica—A Closer Look at CASSIA’s Intelligence Reporting

12. The Snitch

13. The Policeman

14. The Soldiers

Part Three: The Eulogy of Triumph

15. The Professional

16. The Mole

17. The Arrests

18. Intelligence Esoterica—Analysis of the Order of Arrests

19. The Hotel and the Prison

20. The Interrogations

21. The Executions

22. The Opposition

23. The Survivors

24. The Actor and the Architect

Part Four: The Benediction of Tragedy

25. Operational Analysis—CASSIA

26. Operational Analysis—OSS

27. The Coda

Afterword

Appendix I: Gestapo-Vienna Final Report on the Interrogations of Heinrich Maier

Appendix II: Contact Between CASSIA and the British in Istanbul in 1943

Appendix III: Background on the Austrian Committee of Liberation and Memorandum of Agreement Between CASSIA and OSS

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	17.02.2018
Zusatzinfo	13 photos, appendices, notes, bibliography, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	308 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	1-4766-6969-4 / 1476669694
ISBN-13	978-1-4766-6969-4 / 9781476669694
Zustand	Neuware