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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.
List of contents
Table of ContentsForeword 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
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
About the author
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.
Summary
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.
