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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
About the Author(s)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Bla\u017e 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\u2019s Army and Territorial Defense, and the Slovenian War of Independence in 1991.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bibliographic Details<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Bla\u017e Torkar<\/p>\n\n\n\n Foreword by Bo\u017eo Repe<\/p>\n\n\n\n Format: softcover (6 x 9)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Pages: 191<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bibliographic Info: 15 photos, notes, bibliography, index<\/p>\n\n\n\n Copyright Date: 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n pISBN: 978-1-4766-8239-6<\/p>\n\n\n\n eISBN: 978-1-4766-4063-1<\/p>\n\n\n\n Imprint: McFarland<\/p>\n\n\n\n Table of Contents<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Foreword by Bo\u017eo Repe 1<\/p>\n\n\n\n Preface 3<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1.\u2002OSS and the Beginning of the Second World War in Yugoslavia 11<\/p>\n\n\n\n From COI to OSS\u2002\u200211<\/p>\n\n\n\n General Donovan in Yugoslavia\u2002\u200213<\/p>\n\n\n\n The United States, the Coup d\u2019\u00c9tat, and the April Occupation of Yugoslavia\u2002\u200215<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2.\u2002OSS in North Africa and the Mediterranean 20<\/p>\n\n\n\n OSS\u2013SOE Agreements and British Primacy in the Balkans\u2002\u200220<\/p>\n\n\n\n OSS Cairo and Bari: Creation of the Yugoslav OSS Section\u2002\u200221<\/p>\n\n\n\n Training Yugoslav and American Agents in Yugoslav OSS Sections in Cairo and Bari\u2002\u200229<\/p>\n\n\n\n 3.\u2002OSS Missions in the Chetnik Movement 32<\/p>\n\n\n\n OSS Officers and Missions with the Chetniks\u2002\u200232<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Halyard Mission\u2002\u200235<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Ranger Mission\u2002\u200237<\/p>\n\n\n\n 4.\u2002OSS Missions in the Partisan Movement 40<\/p>\n\n\n\n OSS Officers and Missions with the Partisans\u2002\u200240<\/p>\n\n\n\n American Mission at Tito\u2019s Headquarters and the Arrival of the First U.S. Diplomats\u2002\u200247<\/p>\n\n\n\n OSS Missions with Slovenian Partisans\u2002\u200253<\/p>\n\n\n\n 5.\u2002The U.S. and the \u00adAnti-Nazi Resistance in Austria 95<\/p>\n\n\n\n Infiltration to Austria\u2002\u200295<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Orchid Team\u2002\u200297<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Maple Mission\u2002\u2002103<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Grady\u2013Mansion Mission\u2002\u2002107<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Dania Mission\u2002\u2002108<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Guthrie Mission, and Other Teams and Individuals\u2002\u2002112<\/p>\n\n\n\n 6.\u2002Sabotage on the Dalmatian Islands 115<\/p>\n\n\n\n 7.\u2002Slovenians in the U.S. and Their Cooperation with OSS 119<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ivan Marija \u010cok\u2002\u2002123<\/p>\n\n\n\n Louis Adamic\u2002\u2002126<\/p>\n\n\n\n Franc Snoj\u2002\u2002129<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ily Bratina\u2002\u2002132<\/p>\n\n\n\n Andrej Kobal\u2002\u2002132<\/p>\n\n\n\n 8.\u2002Vladimir Vauhnik and Connections with OSS 135<\/p>\n\n\n\n 9.\u2002Allen Dulles and Connections with Yugoslavia 138<\/p>\n\n\n\n 10.\u2002Department of National Security and the Supervision of OSS Agents 140<\/p>\n\n\n\n 11.\u2002The Postwar Role of Slovenia Inside the Yugoslav State 144<\/p>\n\n\n\n Conclusion 155<\/p>\n\n\n\n Chapter Notes 159<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bibliography and Primary Sources 172<\/p>\n\n\n\n Index 181<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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