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

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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[@delana2842]

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]

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]

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

[@cynthiaalver]

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.

[@JohnnyCarterMusicOfficial]

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

[@mohammedsaysrashid3587]

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

[@lilafrazer7373]

Thank you

[@bridget687]

It’s Fiorello LaGuardia, not Flores 💐

[@REDDEVIL9269]

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

[@jorgecruzseda7551]

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

[@user-yy9hk9od9u]

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

[@katherinecollins4685]

Well presented

[@achaljoshi402]

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

[@Steve1734]

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...]

Very well said

[@jazzfinger88]

very interesting !

[@tafadzwasadomba4095]

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

[@MrGrace]

Wow! He sure does 😅

[@Alexzander19736]

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

[@danielcruz8347]

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

[@joiedevie3901]

"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 . . . "

[@Davey-TheDJ]

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]

Lmfao bro mad af 💀

[@Davey-TheDJ]

@@jjspider22 FMFGAO

[@laurenallen3350]

Probs the mob

[@blpblp-tj7ux]

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

[@eirip1]

Please use punctuation!

[@ionpop8]

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]

Yeah

[@ghostrider369]

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

[@ChrisPBacon3000]

Exactly.

[@mydogniko]

Who would that be?

[@ghostrider369]

@@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]

@@mydognikoQui?!

[@johnwodetzki6326]

😅 not your group chat British boy

[@user-jd4kx4ff9q]

He was next in line to be king

[@sambrinegar5193]

❤

[@AdriannaMarieZazueta]

Adrianna Marie Zazueta 💕

[@robertpaul6257]

The enemy of my enemy is my friend!!!

[@gmalcolms]

"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]

He was half brother to alphosne capone

[@Illiana888]

i dont know oppps

[@zikky6599]

Cuz you dnt pay enough lol 😂

[@diannerose8030]

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

[@user-jd4kx4ff9q]

Not by a longshot

[@user-jd4kx4ff9q]

My great uncle

[@objetivista686]

Another Mafia 🤫

[@user-jd4kx4ff9q]

Mossoinni and patten were brothers

[@PhilipShawn]

Firmation

[@454FatJack]

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

[@gibememoni]

They sent italian americans to pacific

[@BristolBerg]

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]

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

[@user-jd4kx4ff9q]

His uncle was Mussolini

[@user-jd4kx4ff9q]

He was my father and a good man in the end

[@user-jd4kx4ff9q]

Dewey was really Dillinger the bankrobber

[@user-jd4kx4ff9q]

Lies the Kennedys did them in

[@johnsterling5425]

did an ai write the dialog?

[@t-and-p]

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.

[@PhilipShawn]

Provokers

[@user-jd4kx4ff9q]

Twins

[@user-jd4kx4ff9q]

They were brothers

[@Davey-TheDJ]

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

[@johnhardy7764]

lol bro mad asf

[@mohaosman1473]

😂😂 same here

[@Cjephunneh]

Timeline works for the Tatalia s that rule America.

[@blpblp-tj7ux]

it's because you don't use punctuation

[@jessicaspain5005]

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

[@kalbitmalbit2312]

John Alite

[@GevEdgar]

😇🥰😍🤩😘

[@PhilipShawn]

Pusher musher

[@PhilipShawn]

Murmur irma

[@dartvader9939]

Dewy was the rat

[@user-jd4kx4ff9q]

Lies

[@nebelwerfer199]

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

[@user-jd4kx4ff9q]

No he didnt lol

[@sableempire9654]

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.

[@wauliepalnuts6134]

No. They were there of their own volition. Try again you Italophobe.

[@Swellington_]

omg dude,for real?

[@wauliepalnuts6134]

No.

[@C77-C77]

bahahahahaaaaaa

[@johnwodetzki6326]

Oh shut up and write your own documentary

[@Mewmew-gn5ul]

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