Mission Yugoslavia

The OSS and the Chetnik and Partisan Resistance Movements, 1943-1945

Blaž Torkar (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

191 Seiten

2020
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-8239-6 (ISBN)

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Focusing on the wartime activities of the US Office of Strategic Services (OSS) in Axis-controlled Yugoslavia during World War II, this book chronicles American policy, plans for sending aid and agents, and the establishment of the first training bases in North Africa and the Mediterranean.

Focusing on the wartime activities of the U.S. Office of Strategic Services (OSS) in Axis-controlled Yugoslavia during World War II, this book chronicles American policy, plans for sending aid and agents, and the establishment of the first training bases in North Africa and the Mediterranean. OSS missions and field operations with the Chetniks and Partisans are cataloged and analyzed for the first time, along with OSS views on Yugoslav border claims against Italy and Austria, the OSS position on Slovenia in postwar Yugoslavia, and the role of Yugoslavs cooperating within the OSS.

Blaž Torkar is a research fellow and assistant professor of history. He works at the Military Schools Centre of the Slovenian Armed forces. His research areas include the history of intelligence services, Allied military missions in Yugoslavia during WWII, the Yugoslav People’s Army and Territorial Defense, and the Slovenian War of Independence in 1991.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Božo Repe

Preface

1. OSS and the Beginning of the Second World War in Yugoslavia

From COI to OSS

General Donovan in Yugoslavia

The United States, the Coup d’État, and the April Occupation of Yugoslavia

2. OSS in North Africa and the Mediterranean

OSS–SOE Agreements and British Primacy in the Balkans

OSS Cairo and Bari: Creation of the Yugoslav OSS Section

Training Yugoslav and American Agents in Yugoslav OSS Sections in Cairo and Bari

3. OSS Missions in the Chetnik Movement

OSS Officers and Missions with the Chetniks

The Halyard Mission

The Ranger Mission

4. OSS Missions in the Partisan Movement

OSS Officers and Missions with the Partisans

American Mission at Tito’s Headquarters and the Arrival of the First U.S. Diplomats

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5. The U.S. and the Anti-Nazi Resistance in Austria

Infiltration to Austria

The Orchid Team

The Maple Mission

The Grady–Mansion Mission

The Dania Mission

The Guthrie Mission, and Other Teams and Individuals

6. Sabotage on the Dalmatian Islands

7. Slovenians in the U.S. and Their Cooperation with OSS

Ivan Marija Čok

Louis Adamic

Franc Snoj

Ily Bratina

Andrej Kobal

8. Vladimir Vauhnik and Connections with OSS

9. Allen Dulles and Connections with Yugoslavia

10. Department of National Security and the Supervision of OSS Agents

11. The Postwar Role of Slovenia Inside the Yugoslav State

Conclusion

Chapter Notes

Bibliography and Primary Sources

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	17.07.2020
Zusatzinfo	15 photos, notes, bibliography, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	254 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	1-4766-8239-9 / 1476682399
ISBN-13	978-1-4766-8239-6 / 9781476682396
Zustand	Neuware