Description: I COMBINE SHIPPING $1.50 per book. FREE SHIPPING for orders over $60. Send books to your check-out cart. E-Bay will automatically adjust shipping costs. PACKAGING & SHIPPING RULES: 1. Individual books Under $18.00 are shipped in padded poly envelopes. 2. Individual books Over $18.00 are shipped in a poly envelope inside a box. 3. Buy Three or more books and the order is shipped in a box.ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS LISTING:The OSS Office of Strategic Services created under the command of William Donovan, has been celebrated for its cloak-and-dagger operations during World War II and as the precursor of the CIA. As the "Oh So Social," it has also been portrayed as a club for the well-connected before, during, and after the war. Donovan's Devils tells the story of a different OSS, that of ordinary soldiers, recruited from among first- and second-generation immigrants, who volunteered for dangerous duty behind enemy lines and risked their lives in Italy, France, the Balkans, and elsewhere in Europe. Organized into Operational Groups, they infiltrated into enemy territory by air or sea and operated for days, weeks, or months hundreds of miles from the closest Allied troops. They performed sabotage, organized native resistance, and rescued downed airmen, nurses, and prisoners of war. Their enemy showed them no mercy, and sometimes their closest friends betrayed them. They were the precursors to today's Special Forces operators.Based on declassified OSS records, personal collections, and oral histories of participants from both sides of the conflict, Donovan's Devils provides the most comprehensive account to date of the Operational Group activities, including a detailed narrative of the ill-fated Ginny mission, which resulted in the one of the OSS's gravest losses of the war.
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Book Title: Donovan's Devils OSS
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated
Item Length: 9 in
Intended Audience: Adults
Modified Item: No
Subject: History
Edition: First Edition
Vintage: No
Publication Year: 2016
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Era: 1940s
Illustrator: Yes
Item Height: 1.4 in
Author: Albert Lulushi
Features: Dust Jacket, Illustrated
Genre: Biographies & True Stories, History, Military, War & Combat, Biography & Autobiography
Topic: Army, Combat, Espionage, Military History, True Military Stories, World War II, United States / 20th Century, Military / World War II, Intelligence & Espionage, Military / United States, Military
Subjects: History & Military
Item Weight: 22.4 Oz
Item Width: 6 in
Number of Pages: 408 Pages
