Donovan's Devils : OSS commandos behind enemy lines : Europe, World War II /
Lulushi, Albert,
Donovan's Devils : OSS commandos behind enemy lines : Europe, World War II / Albert Lulushi. - First edition. - xviii, 379 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Office of Strategic Services -- Irregular warfare in the early years of World War II -- The OSS operational groups -- Special operations in the Western Mediterranean -- Rescuing escaped prisoners of war -- Operations from Corsica -- The ill-fated Ginny Mission -- Operational groups in France -- Americans in Vercors -- Mission Walla Walla in Italy -- Mission Mangosteen-Chrysler -- Rescue missions in the Balkans -- Mission Peedee-Roanoke -- OSS investigations into war crimes -- Swift justice for the Ginny men -- No justice for Major Holohan -- Epilogue.
Reveals the hidden story of first- and second-generation immigrants recruited to the OSS for duty behind enemy lines across the European continent, where they organized resistance, performed sabotage, and rescued those trapped there.
9781628725674 1628725672
2015037691
Donovan, William J. 1883-1959.
Holohan, William V.
United States. Office of Strategic Services --History.
World War, 1939-1945--Secret service--United States.
World War, 1939-1945--Commando operations--Europe.
Donovan's Devils : OSS commandos behind enemy lines : Europe, World War II / Albert Lulushi. - First edition. - xviii, 379 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Office of Strategic Services -- Irregular warfare in the early years of World War II -- The OSS operational groups -- Special operations in the Western Mediterranean -- Rescuing escaped prisoners of war -- Operations from Corsica -- The ill-fated Ginny Mission -- Operational groups in France -- Americans in Vercors -- Mission Walla Walla in Italy -- Mission Mangosteen-Chrysler -- Rescue missions in the Balkans -- Mission Peedee-Roanoke -- OSS investigations into war crimes -- Swift justice for the Ginny men -- No justice for Major Holohan -- Epilogue.
Reveals the hidden story of first- and second-generation immigrants recruited to the OSS for duty behind enemy lines across the European continent, where they organized resistance, performed sabotage, and rescued those trapped there.
9781628725674 1628725672
2015037691
Donovan, William J. 1883-1959.
Holohan, William V.
United States. Office of Strategic Services --History.
World War, 1939-1945--Secret service--United States.
World War, 1939-1945--Commando operations--Europe.