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.
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.
Blä 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.
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Table of Contents Foreword by Boo 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 delete delete deleteOSS Missions with Slovenian Partisans 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 ok 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
Table of Contents Foreword by Boo 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 delete delete deleteOSS Missions with Slovenian Partisans 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 ok 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
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