Operation Underworld ; How the Mafia Helped Win World War II 🌍

📜 Summary: It sounds like a movie plot — but it’s all true. In this fascinating deep dive, we uncover the U.S. government's secret wartime alliance with the American Mafia to protect ports, gather intel, and sabotage Axis operations from the inside. Discover how Lucky Luciano, from his prison cell, played a key role in aiding the Allies’ invasion of Sicily — and how this deal forever changed organized crime’s role in America. A story of unlikely heroes, shadow diplomacy, and the mob’s code of silence — now broken.