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The OSS in World War II Albania - Covert Operations and Collaboration with Communist Partisans (Paperback)
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The OSS in World War II Albania - Covert Operations and Collaboration with Communist Partisans (Paperback)
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World War II found the country of Albania fighting a war within a
war. In addition to the threat all of Europe faced from the
Germans, Albania was engaged in a civil war between the
Nazi-sponsored Ballists and the Communist Partisans led by Enver
Hoxha. While America was reluctant to get involved in the civil
conflict, the United States was naturally inclined to lend support
to whoever fought the Nazis - even if that meant an alliance with
the Communists. On a cold November night in 1943, Dale McAdoo (code
named Tank) secretly landed on the Albanian coast with a team of
OSS (Office of Strategic Services) agents, including Ismail
Carapizzi, an Albanian guide and interpreter who would later be
murdered. McAdoo's team, the first of many to follow, set up a base
of operations in a deep water level cave on the rocky Albanian
coast that served the OSS as it carried out its mission of
gathering intelligence to support the Allied war effort and harass
the Germans. McAdoo was joined by Captain Tom Stefan (code name
Art), an Albanian-speaking OSS officer from Boston, whose
assignment was to join Hoxha at his remote mountain headquarters
and bond with the reclusive Communist leader to benefit the OSS.
This volume describes how the OSS aided the Communist-led Partisans
in an attempt to weaken the Nazi cause in Albania and neighboring
Italy. The book presents an in-depth look at the small core of
hardened men who comprised these highly specialized teams,
including each member's background and his special fitness for his
wartime role behind enemy lines. The American and British presence
in Albania during World War II and the later deterioration of
Hoxha's relations with Captain Tom Stefan and the OSS mission are
discussed in detail. Firsthand interviews with still-living
participants and extensive onsite research make this book a unique
resource for a little-known dramatic piece of World War II history.
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