Operation Underworld : : how the Mafia and US Government Teamed up to win World War II
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An improbable tale of espionage and crime recounts the Allied war effort's clandestine coalition between the Mafia and the U.S. government to protect New York Harbor against sabotage and assist in the 1943 U.S. invasion of Sicily.
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PUBLISHED
New York, NY : Citadel Press, Kensington Publishing Corp., [2023]
Year Published: 2023
Description: 373 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780806542157
0806542152
SUBJECTS
Luciano, Lucky, -- 1897-1962.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Military intelligence -- United States.
Organized crime -- New York -- History -- 20th century.
Mafia -- Sicily -- History -- 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Sicily.
World War, 1939-1945 -- New York.