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Books : World War II: OSS Tragedy in SlovakiaIn association with Amazon.comby: Jim Downs  Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
EAN: 9780971748200 ISBN: 0971748209 Label: Jim Downs Manufacturer: Jim Downs Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 360 Publication Date: May 01, 2002 Publisher: Jim Downs Studio: Jim Downs Sales Rank: 1260008 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: This is a dramatic account of the DAWES mission which the Office of Strategic Services ran in Slovakia in the fall of 1944. As the Slovak National Uprising raged, the Americans were caught in the middle. Forced to flee the rebel capital, the Americans evaded German patrols in the Prasiva Range in severe winter conditions. The day after Christmas, a German patrol surprised the main American Party and captured most of the personnel. Heinrich Himmler in Berlin ordered the prisoners sent to Mauthausen concentration camp where they were brutalized and then shot. Maria Gulovich, a Slovak school teacher who had joined the mission, luckily survived. General Bill Donovan brought her to the U.S. after the war and she became the first woman ever decorated at West Point. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - World War II: OSS Tragedy in Slovakia (Paperback)This is a well researched and written by Jim Downs. It will appeal to the curious as well as historians. It details the story of shot-down USAF airmen and escaped Allied soldiers in Slovakia as the ill-fated Slovak Uprising took place just weeks after the Poles were crushed in the Warsaw 'Rising 44. Rating:  - Could Have Been BetterGreat story, heroic people, tragic ending. Unfortunately, this great story was very hard to read for a number of reasons. First of all, I counted over a dozen typographical errors. Whomever edited this book did a very poor job. Secondly, the author mentions too many people. He would have made the book much easier to follow had he only focused on the main characters, and some minor ones. Instead, I found myself trying to figure out who half of the people mentioned were. It's almost like I needed ... Read More Rating: - The OSS in Slovakia during the Second World WarThe true report of OSS operations in Slovakia reads like a fictional narrative. There are heroic agents, dogged villains, hair breadth evasions, missed opportunities for rescue, tragic deaths, and miraculous escapes. All of the action occurs in wartime Slovakia during the Nazi Protectorate run by the notorious Monsignor Josef Tiso, a member of the Catholic Church hierarchy, rabid anti-semite, and Hitlerite puppet. The writing is clear and objective in style. It depicts, in unemotional terms, ... Read More Rating:  - Little known, and until now, forgottenThe story of a little-known episode of World War II, in a forgotten corner of Europe, American OSS, British SOE (including Palestinian Jews) covert operators are sandwiched between the Slovaks, in rebellion against their former German Allies, and the brutal reaction of the SS and Abwehr bent on crushing the uprising, and Soviet partisans who had their own agenda. They, including shot-down American aircrews, attempted to escape. Few made it. Of note, is the story of a brave, and very remarkable ... Read More Rating: - World War II: OSS Tragedy in Slovakia by James DownsSeveral fascinating stories have been written about WWII. Over 57 years later these stories are still emerging with details that were not made available until several years after the war ended. However, most written accounts were about major campaigns, stories of specific military units and personnel as they moved through the war. However, very few accounts covered the covert activities of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS). Now, James Downs of Oceanside, CA steps forward with an intriguing ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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