How Did The Mafia Impact The Outcome Of World War 2? | Secret War | Timeline

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  • Опубликовано: 4 мар 2024
  • The Mob played a pivotal role in the outcome of World War 2, particularly in the Allies' invasion of Italy. Follow the infamous gangster Charles 'Lucky' Luciano' as he manages to bargain his way out of prison and into a vital role in the war effort.
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Комментарии • 111

  • @delana2842
    @delana2842 Месяц назад +18

    So often the only thing we hear about the Mafia is its ruthless gangland activities, never about its involvement and how instrumental it was during World War II.
    Thank you, Timeline for presenting this aspect of the Mob!

    • @epic6434
      @epic6434 Месяц назад

      The MIC? Or Tammany Hall ? They're right next to DC and have ports also routes to Major cities in the Eastern Boards the 5 points in NY is a different Mob but what's the difference? Vermont? 😂

    • @454FatJack
      @454FatJack Месяц назад +1

      And Mussolini govt was anti mafia. So Allied cause was wise guy’s best bet.

  • @cynthiaalver
    @cynthiaalver Месяц назад +7

    I remember reading about the mob's influence in the invasions of Sicily and Italy when I was a young teen. I couldn't believe it was true! Of course, as I got older and was able to understand things better, I came to realize that sometimes nations play marbles with other nations that are normally on the opposite side of their beliefs and philosophy because the sacrifice for both would be catastrophic if they refused to accept the new reality. In this case, the world was at war and there was a good chance that the Allies might not be victorious.

  • @user-yy9hk9od9u
    @user-yy9hk9od9u Месяц назад +18

    They helped in Sicily, but little impact in the Italian Campaign.

  • @JohnnyCarterMusicOfficial
    @JohnnyCarterMusicOfficial 7 дней назад

    This channel has so many good documentaries! Glad I found It

  • @jorgecruzseda7551
    @jorgecruzseda7551 Месяц назад +16

    THE ENEMY OF MY ENEMY....IS MY FRIEND

  • @mohammedsaysrashid3587
    @mohammedsaysrashid3587 Месяц назад +5

    It was a thrilled watching documentary about the mafia exploited by the US during WW2.

  • @lilafrazer7373
    @lilafrazer7373 2 месяца назад +4

    Thank you

  • @katherinecollins4685
    @katherinecollins4685 Месяц назад +1

    Well presented

  • @Steve1734
    @Steve1734 Месяц назад +10

    It was the other war around: How did the Mafia become enabled internationally as a result of WW2? A surprising answer for a peaceful country.
    Between 1946 and 1950, the three big Mafia groups in Italy and Sicily, the Cosa Nostra, D'hangreta and the Camorra, sent many members to Australia as refugees. They did the same to the USA. But in Australia, they thrived quietly and exist today in mainly legitimate businesses, but it was not always that way. They engineered a river of washed cash to flow to their new countries and used it to buy into certain industries that were vulnerable to intimidation. These were wine, automotive, transport, construction and fruit and vegetables.
    Today, each family thrives and is run by a third generation of sons, but they still take orders from and send money back to their families in the home countries. I could name names, but that would be a death sentence. For them secrecy is everything.

    • @Cigars...
      @Cigars... Месяц назад +4

      Very well said

  • @bridget687
    @bridget687 Месяц назад +3

    It’s Fiorello LaGuardia, not Flores 💐

  • @jazzfinger88
    @jazzfinger88 5 дней назад

    very interesting !

  • @REDDEVIL9269
    @REDDEVIL9269 Месяц назад +5

    My history teacher told me about lucky in school I was amazed the government needed his help in ww2😂

  • @achaljoshi402
    @achaljoshi402 11 дней назад +1

    USA: I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse

  • @Davey-TheDJ
    @Davey-TheDJ Месяц назад +5

    If commercials are going to persist on every timeline video I watch I won't watch anymore and I will not tell my friends or anyone about timeline how does that feel remember you lose one you could possibly lose three or four more and if they go they'll be 10 more to follow that's how you keep your business you treat them right and I pay for no commercials so why did I see your freaking commercial

    • @jjspider22
      @jjspider22 Месяц назад +1

      Lmfao bro mad af 💀

    • @Davey-TheDJ
      @Davey-TheDJ Месяц назад

      @@jjspider22 FMFGAO

    • @laurenallen3350
      @laurenallen3350 22 дня назад

      Probs the mob

    • @blpblp-tj7ux
      @blpblp-tj7ux 14 дней назад

      jfc, if you learn to use punctuation then the commercials will go away...stop being such an idiot.

    • @eirip1
      @eirip1 7 дней назад

      Please use punctuation!

  • @joiedevie3901
    @joiedevie3901 Месяц назад

    "Life is like Sunday afternoon during football season: you may be focussed on one channel, but there is always more than one game being played . . . "

  • @tafadzwasadomba4095
    @tafadzwasadomba4095 Месяц назад +4

    14:30, the General has a Nike logo among his medals there

    • @MrGrace
      @MrGrace Месяц назад

      Wow! He sure does 😅

  • @danielcruz8347
    @danielcruz8347 2 месяца назад +3

    London callin New York Chicago, Sicily, Rome, Marseilles, Paris, Belfast,Dublin, Madrid, Budapest,Quebec... !!! Ect.
    ⚡🌐⚡⚔🎯😎

  • @Alexzander19736
    @Alexzander19736 Месяц назад +1

    Seen this before on another history channel years ago. Is there something NEW?

  • @ionpop8
    @ionpop8 8 дней назад

    Claiming he won the war is ridiculous. He played a small part in Sicily, which was a small part of the Italian front, which was a small part of the war in Europe, which was only half of WW2. As for his contribution to the New York harbour, not sabotaging the war effort doesn't count as actually helping, or if the Normandie sinking was indeed an accident, then having dock workers be careful to avoid any further accidents is only a small help.

  • @shanelamkie4755
    @shanelamkie4755 2 месяца назад +2

    Yeah

  • @AdriannaMarieZazueta
    @AdriannaMarieZazueta 2 месяца назад +2

    Adrianna Marie Zazueta 💕

  • @user-jd4kx4ff9q
    @user-jd4kx4ff9q 10 дней назад

    He was next in line to be king

  • @robertpaul6257
    @robertpaul6257 15 дней назад

    The enemy of my enemy is my friend!!!

  • @ghostrider369
    @ghostrider369 2 месяца назад +11

    😂😅 you're right about some things, but you got the wrong group lol.

    • @ChrisPBacon3000
      @ChrisPBacon3000 2 месяца назад +4

      Exactly.

    • @mydogniko
      @mydogniko 2 месяца назад +1

      Who would that be?

    • @ghostrider369
      @ghostrider369 2 месяца назад

      @@mydogniko when government is involved with criminals what does that make them. Everyone involved in every war is associated with some sort of mob.

    • @wauliepalnuts6134
      @wauliepalnuts6134 2 месяца назад +1

      @@mydognikoQui?!

    • @johnwodetzki6326
      @johnwodetzki6326 Месяц назад

      😅 not your group chat British boy

  • @user-jd4kx4ff9q
    @user-jd4kx4ff9q 10 дней назад

    He was half brother to alphosne capone

  • @user-jd4kx4ff9q
    @user-jd4kx4ff9q 10 дней назад

    My great uncle

  • @sambrinegar5193
    @sambrinegar5193 2 месяца назад +3

  • @Illiana888
    @Illiana888 Месяц назад

    i dont know oppps

  • @gmalcolms
    @gmalcolms 10 дней назад

    "ci" in Italian is pronounced "chi" not "shi." Luciano rose to prominence by rubbing out my cousin Joe "The Boss" Masseria. The mayor of NY was not named Flores but rather Fiorello, and La Guardia is pronounced with a "wa" sound not like "Guard," which everyone in NY knows.

  • @user-jd4kx4ff9q
    @user-jd4kx4ff9q 10 дней назад

    Mossoinni and patten were brothers

  • @diannerose8030
    @diannerose8030 Месяц назад

    It worked for the allies when it came to the soviets, my enemies enemy is my friend

  • @user-jd4kx4ff9q
    @user-jd4kx4ff9q 10 дней назад

    Not by a longshot

  • @zikky6599
    @zikky6599 12 дней назад

    Cuz you dnt pay enough lol 😂

  • @user-jd4kx4ff9q
    @user-jd4kx4ff9q 10 дней назад

    He was my father and a good man in the end

  • @objetivista686
    @objetivista686 2 месяца назад +1

    Another Mafia 🤫

  • @PhilipShawn
    @PhilipShawn Месяц назад

    Firmation

  • @gibememoni
    @gibememoni Месяц назад +1

    They sent italian americans to pacific

  • @454FatJack
    @454FatJack Месяц назад

    US Govt ❤ Mafia. Italy Mussolini’s Govt was anti Mafia. Wise guy’s helped Allies by accident ? 😂

  • @PhilipShawn
    @PhilipShawn Месяц назад

    Provokers

  • @user-jd4kx4ff9q
    @user-jd4kx4ff9q 10 дней назад

    His uncle was Mussolini

  • @BristolBerg
    @BristolBerg Месяц назад +1

    When Italy was losing badly trying to colonize Ethiopia, massive amount of Italians (some Mafia aligned) living in America signed up to fight for a country they left behind. On the other hand, when bIack Americans tried to do the same for Ethiopians, US gov blocked them.

    • @residentzero
      @residentzero 26 дней назад

      The guy with the funny mustache mentions USA inspired him in his book

  • @user-jd4kx4ff9q
    @user-jd4kx4ff9q 10 дней назад

    Twins

  • @user-jd4kx4ff9q
    @user-jd4kx4ff9q 10 дней назад

    They were brothers

  • @johnsterling5425
    @johnsterling5425 Месяц назад +1

    did an ai write the dialog?

    • @t-and-p
      @t-and-p Месяц назад +3

      What makes you say that?
      This documentary is far from new. At 49:33 it gives the date the documentary was made - MMXI (or 2011). Don't think they were using AI for scripts back then.

  • @kalbitmalbit2312
    @kalbitmalbit2312 2 месяца назад

    John Alite

  • @PhilipShawn
    @PhilipShawn Месяц назад

    Pusher musher

  • @dartvader9939
    @dartvader9939 28 дней назад

    Dewy was the rat

  • @Davey-TheDJ
    @Davey-TheDJ Месяц назад +14

    I pay RUclips premium not to see commercials why did I see a commercial?

    • @johnhardy7764
      @johnhardy7764 Месяц назад +7

      lol bro mad asf

    • @mohaosman1473
      @mohaosman1473 21 день назад +2

      😂😂 same here

    • @Cjephunneh
      @Cjephunneh 17 дней назад

      Timeline works for the Tatalia s that rule America.

    • @blpblp-tj7ux
      @blpblp-tj7ux 14 дней назад +6

      it's because you don't use punctuation

    • @jessicaspain5005
      @jessicaspain5005 13 дней назад +1

      It’s because it’s got podcast style commercials, so they’re built into the show. I just fast forward through them.

  • @user-jd4kx4ff9q
    @user-jd4kx4ff9q 10 дней назад

    Lies

  • @GevEdgar
    @GevEdgar Месяц назад

    😇🥰😍🤩😘

  • @nebelwerfer199
    @nebelwerfer199 Месяц назад

    America did the same thing with Jihadists in Bosnia and Kosovo. They paid and supplied Al Qaeda to topple Yugoslavia.

  • @PhilipShawn
    @PhilipShawn Месяц назад

    Murmur irma

  • @sableempire9654
    @sableempire9654 2 месяца назад +7

    They were not “Luciano’s Girls” who testified against him. Misogynistic description of 5000 women he exploited and abused. Those are the words men describing this criminal should be using.

  • @user-jd4kx4ff9q
    @user-jd4kx4ff9q 10 дней назад

    No he didnt lol

  • @Mewmew-gn5ul
    @Mewmew-gn5ul Месяц назад

    The second I heard this ridiculous, over the top, cheesy narration with that new York accent, I turned it off. Blegh.