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

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  • čas přidán 4. 03. 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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Komentáře • 110

  • @delana2842
    @delana2842 Před měsícem +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 Před měsícem

      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 Před měsícem +1

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

  • @user-yy9hk9od9u
    @user-yy9hk9od9u Před měsícem +18

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

  • @JohnnyCarterMusicOfficial

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

  • @cynthiaalver
    @cynthiaalver Před měsícem +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.

  • @lilafrazer7373
    @lilafrazer7373 Před měsícem +4

    Thank you

  • @jorgecruzseda7551
    @jorgecruzseda7551 Před měsícem +16

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

  • @mohammedsaysrashid3587
    @mohammedsaysrashid3587 Před měsícem +5

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

  • @achaljoshi402
    @achaljoshi402 Před 9 dny +1

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

  • @katherinecollins4685
    @katherinecollins4685 Před 28 dny +1

    Well presented

  • @REDDEVIL9269
    @REDDEVIL9269 Před měsícem +5

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

  • @joiedevie3901
    @joiedevie3901 Před měsícem

    "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 . . . "

  • @bridget687
    @bridget687 Před měsícem +3

    It’s Fiorello LaGuardia, not Flores 💐

  • @Steve1734
    @Steve1734 Před měsícem +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.

  • @jazzfinger88
    @jazzfinger88 Před 3 dny

    very interesting !

  • @tafadzwasadomba4095
    @tafadzwasadomba4095 Před měsícem +4

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

    • @MrGrace
      @MrGrace Před měsícem

      Wow! He sure does 😅

  • @danielcruz8347
    @danielcruz8347 Před měsícem +3

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

  • @Alexzander19736
    @Alexzander19736 Před měsícem +1

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

  • @shanelamkie4755
    @shanelamkie4755 Před měsícem +2

    Yeah

  • @ionpop8
    @ionpop8 Před 6 dny

    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.

  • @Davey-TheDJ
    @Davey-TheDJ Před měsícem +4

    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 Před měsícem +1

      Lmfao bro mad af 💀

    • @Davey-TheDJ
      @Davey-TheDJ Před měsícem

      @@jjspider22 FMFGAO

    • @laurenallen3350
      @laurenallen3350 Před 20 dny

      Probs the mob

    • @blpblp-tj7ux
      @blpblp-tj7ux Před 12 dny

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

    • @eirip1
      @eirip1 Před 5 dny

      Please use punctuation!

  • @AdriannaMarieZazueta
    @AdriannaMarieZazueta Před měsícem +2

    Adrianna Marie Zazueta 💕

  • @ghostrider369
    @ghostrider369 Před měsícem +11

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

    • @ChrisPBacon3000
      @ChrisPBacon3000 Před měsícem +4

      Exactly.

    • @mydogniko
      @mydogniko Před měsícem +1

      Who would that be?

    • @ghostrider369
      @ghostrider369 Před měsícem

      @@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 Před měsícem +1

      @@mydognikoQui?!

    • @johnwodetzki6326
      @johnwodetzki6326 Před měsícem

      😅 not your group chat British boy

  • @sambrinegar5193
    @sambrinegar5193 Před měsícem +3

  • @user-jd4kx4ff9q
    @user-jd4kx4ff9q Před 8 dny

    He was next in line to be king

  • @zikky6599
    @zikky6599 Před 10 dny

    Cuz you dnt pay enough lol 😂

  • @robertpaul6257
    @robertpaul6257 Před 14 dny

    The enemy of my enemy is my friend!!!

  • @user-jd4kx4ff9q
    @user-jd4kx4ff9q Před 8 dny

    My great uncle

  • @user-jd4kx4ff9q
    @user-jd4kx4ff9q Před 8 dny

    He was half brother to alphosne capone

  • @Illiana888
    @Illiana888 Před měsícem

    i dont know oppps

  • @gmalcolms
    @gmalcolms Před 9 dny

    "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 Před 8 dny

    Not by a longshot

  • @PhilipShawn
    @PhilipShawn Před měsícem

    Firmation

  • @user-jd4kx4ff9q
    @user-jd4kx4ff9q Před 8 dny

    Mossoinni and patten were brothers

  • @diannerose8030
    @diannerose8030 Před měsícem

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

  • @objetivista686
    @objetivista686 Před měsícem +1

    Another Mafia 🤫

  • @454FatJack
    @454FatJack Před měsícem

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

  • @gibememoni
    @gibememoni Před měsícem +1

    They sent italian americans to pacific

  • @user-jd4kx4ff9q
    @user-jd4kx4ff9q Před 8 dny

    He was my father and a good man in the end

  • @user-jd4kx4ff9q
    @user-jd4kx4ff9q Před 8 dny

    His uncle was Mussolini

  • @PhilipShawn
    @PhilipShawn Před měsícem

    Provokers

  • @user-jd4kx4ff9q
    @user-jd4kx4ff9q Před 8 dny

    Twins

  • @BristolBerg
    @BristolBerg Před měsícem +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 Před 24 dny

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

  • @user-jd4kx4ff9q
    @user-jd4kx4ff9q Před 8 dny

    They were brothers

  • @johnsterling5425
    @johnsterling5425 Před měsícem +1

    did an ai write the dialog?

    • @t-and-p
      @t-and-p Před měsícem +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 Před měsícem

    John Alite

  • @Davey-TheDJ
    @Davey-TheDJ Před měsícem +12

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

    • @johnhardy7764
      @johnhardy7764 Před měsícem +7

      lol bro mad asf

    • @mohaosman1473
      @mohaosman1473 Před 20 dny +2

      😂😂 same here

    • @Cjephunneh
      @Cjephunneh Před 15 dny

      Timeline works for the Tatalia s that rule America.

    • @blpblp-tj7ux
      @blpblp-tj7ux Před 12 dny +5

      it's because you don't use punctuation

    • @jessicaspain5005
      @jessicaspain5005 Před 12 dny +1

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

  • @PhilipShawn
    @PhilipShawn Před měsícem

    Pusher musher

  • @GevEdgar
    @GevEdgar Před měsícem

    😇🥰😍🤩😘

  • @dartvader9939
    @dartvader9939 Před 26 dny

    Dewy was the rat

  • @user-jd4kx4ff9q
    @user-jd4kx4ff9q Před 8 dny

    Lies

  • @PhilipShawn
    @PhilipShawn Před měsícem

    Murmur irma

  • @user-jd4kx4ff9q
    @user-jd4kx4ff9q Před 8 dny

    No he didnt lol

  • @nebelwerfer199
    @nebelwerfer199 Před měsícem

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

  • @Mewmew-gn5ul
    @Mewmew-gn5ul Před měsícem

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

  • @sableempire9654
    @sableempire9654 Před měsícem +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.