Blaž Torkar, “Mission Yugoslavia: The OSS and the Chetnik and Partisan Resistance Movements, 1943–1945”
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.
About the Author(s)
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.
Bibliographic Details
Blaž Torkar
Foreword by Božo Repe
Format: softcover (6 x 9)
Pages: 191
Bibliographic Info: 15 photos, notes, bibliography, index
Copyright Date: 2020
pISBN: 978-1-4766-8239-6
eISBN: 978-1-4766-4063-1
Imprint: McFarland
Table of Contents
Foreword by Božo Repe 1
Preface 3
1. OSS and the Beginning of the Second World War in Yugoslavia 11
From COI to OSS 11
General Donovan in Yugoslavia 13
The United States, the Coup d’État, and the April Occupation of Yugoslavia 15
2. OSS in North Africa and the Mediterranean 20
OSS–SOE Agreements and British Primacy in the Balkans 20
OSS Cairo and Bari: Creation of the Yugoslav OSS Section 21
Training Yugoslav and American Agents in Yugoslav OSS Sections in Cairo and Bari 29
3. OSS Missions in the Chetnik Movement 32
OSS Officers and Missions with the Chetniks 32
The Halyard Mission 35
The Ranger Mission 37
4. OSS Missions in the Partisan Movement 40
OSS Officers and Missions with the Partisans 40
American Mission at Tito’s Headquarters and the Arrival of the First U.S. Diplomats 47
OSS Missions with Slovenian Partisans 53
5. The U.S. and the Anti-Nazi Resistance in Austria 95
Infiltration to Austria 95
The Orchid Team 97
The Maple Mission 103
The Grady–Mansion Mission 107
The Dania Mission 108
The Guthrie Mission, and Other Teams and Individuals 112
6. Sabotage on the Dalmatian Islands 115
7. Slovenians in the U.S. and Their Cooperation with OSS 119
Ivan Marija Čok 123
Louis Adamic 126
Franc Snoj 129
Ily Bratina 132
Andrej Kobal 132
8. Vladimir Vauhnik and Connections with OSS 135
9. Allen Dulles and Connections with Yugoslavia 138
10. Department of National Security and the Supervision of OSS Agents 140
11. The Postwar Role of Slovenia Inside the Yugoslav State 144
Conclusion 155
Chapter Notes 159
Bibliography and Primary Sources 172
Index 181
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