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Obolensky was a soldier in two World Wars and in the Russian Civil War and fled his native country after battling Bolsheviks as a guerrilla fighter. He was a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. paratroopers and a member of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), forerunner of the CIA, and made his first five jumps in 1943 at the age of 53. [6]
Fürst Sergej Obolenskij wurde im Alter von 53 Jahren US-Kommandant und befreite im Zweiten Weltkrieg im Alleingang Sardinien von Tausenden feindlicher Truppen. Im Schutze der Nacht, am 13.
Prince Serge Obolensky became a U.S. commando at the age of 53 and single-handedly liberated Sardinia from thousands of enemy troops during World War II.
- Nikolay Shevchenko
30. März 2023 · Learn how Serge Obolensky, a former Russian cavalry officer and Oxford graduate, became an American citizen and a US Army paratrooper in World War II. He was the first to liberate the island of Sardinia from the Axis forces in 1943.
Learn about the life of Serge Obolensky, a Russian aristocrat who became a hotelier, a commando and a legend of New York society. Discover how he escaped from the Bolsheviks, married a princess, inspired the Bloody Mary and charmed the King Cole Bar.
24. März 2020 · Learn about the fascinating life of Sergei Obolensky, who escaped the Bolsheviks, married into the Astor family, and became a key figure in the U.S. Special Forces and hotel industry. Discover his roles in World War I, World War II, and the Cold War, and his marriages to the daughters of Alexander II and John Jacob Astor IV.
Scion of a wealthy White Russian family and husband of Czar Alexander II’s daughter, the Oxford-educated Obolensky fled his native country after battling Bolsheviks as a guerrilla fighter.
