Timeline - World History Documentaries | Mafia Vs Mussolini: How Gangsters Helped Overthrow Fascist Italy | Wartime Crime | Timeline @TimelineChannel | Uploaded August 2023 | Updated October 2024, 12 minutes ago.
Incensed by their treatment under Mussolini's regime and anxious to reestablish their European criminal network, a number of mafioso, including incarcerated kingpin Charles "Lucky" Luciano, offered their full support to American intelligence officers.

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