Operations Ginny I and II
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Operations Ginny I and II were two ill-fated sabotage missions conducted by the U.S. Office of Strategic Services in 1944 during the Italian campaign of World War II. Their aim was to blow up railway
General William J. Donovan reviews the Operational Groups (OGs) at Area F, the Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Maryland, prior to their departure for China.
Bicycle path between the municipalities of Framura and Bonassola, Liguria, Italy
Anton Dostler on trial in 1945 — at the Palace of Caserta in Italy.
Ameglia
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Ameglia is a municipality in the Province of La Spezia in the region of Liguria in Italy, located about 90 kilometres southeast of Genoa and about 11 kilometres southeast of La Spezia. It has a popula
Operations Ginny I and II
…26, fifteen U.S. soldiers—still in U.S. Army uniforms—were marched and lined up by the German Army in Punta Bianca, above the sea on the rocky tip of Ameglia's peninsula. All were executed on the spot and buried in a mass grave that was then camouflaged. None of the executed U.S. soldiers were given a previous…
Ameglia
Ameglia Castle and Apuan Alps