Mission Yugoslavia : the OSS and the Chetnik partisan resistance movements, 1943-1945 / Blaž Torka ; foreword by Božo Repe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Torkar, Blaž, 1981- author.

Contributor:

Repe, Božo, writer of foreword.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Yugoslavia.

World War, 1939-1945.

World War, 1939-1945--Secret service--United States.

World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects--Yugoslavia.

Yugoslavia--History--Axis occupation, 1941-1945.

Yugoslavia.

United States. Office of Strategic Services--History.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (192 pages)

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2020]

Summary:

"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 operation 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."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

OSS and the beginning of the second World War in Yugoslavia

OSS in North Africa and the mediterranean

OSS Missions in the chetnik movement

OSS Missions in the Partisan Movement

The U.S. and the Anti-Nazi Resistance in Austria

Sabotage on the Dalmatian Islands

Slovenians in the U.S. and Their Cooperation with OSS

Vladimir Vauhnik and Connections with OSS

Allen Dulles and Connections with Yugoslavia

Department of National Security Supervision of OSS Agents

The Postwar Role of Slovenia Inside the Yugoslav State.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-4766-4063-7