Office of strategic services and Italian Americans : the untold history

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Italian and Italian American studiesPublication details: Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2016Description: vi, 188p., includes bibliography & indexISBN:
  • 9783319333335 - hbk
Subject(s): Summary: This book explores the contributions of Italian Americans employed by the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) during World War II. Italian Americans fluent in Italian language and customs became integral parts of intelligence operations working behind enemy lines. These units obtained priceless military information that significantly helped defeat the Axis. They parachuted into frozen mountains tops to link up with Italian guerrilla units in northern Italy or hovered in small patrol torpedo boats and row boats across the Mediterranean Sea in pitch black darkness to destroy railroad junctions
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Books Books Kwara State University Library Main Library E184.I8 .L34 2016 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 01 Available 019347 - 01
Books Books Kwara State University Library Main Library E184.I8 .L34 2016 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 02 Available 019347 - 02

This book explores the contributions of Italian Americans employed by the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) during World War II. Italian Americans fluent in Italian language and customs became integral parts of intelligence operations working behind enemy lines. These units obtained priceless military information that significantly helped defeat the Axis. They parachuted into frozen mountains tops to link up with Italian guerrilla units in northern Italy or hovered in small patrol torpedo boats and row boats across the Mediterranean Sea in pitch black darkness to destroy railroad junctions

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