Castellammarese War

Castellammarese War
Castellammarese War
	Funeral of Joe Masseria in New York City, 20 April 1931 (Daily News, 1931)
Date	February 26, 1930 – April 15, 1931
Location	New York City, New York, U.S.
Caused by	Crime syndicate control dispute
Resulted in	Maranzano's faction's victory: Creation of the Five Families; Maranzano; Profaci; Mangano; Luciano; Gagliano; ; Salvatore Maranzano declares himself Capo di tutti i capi;
Parties
Masseria's faction	Maranzano's faction
Lead figures
	Joe Masseria †; Giuseppe Morello †; Lucky Luciano; Al Capone; Albert Anastasia; Vito Genovese; Manfredi Mineo †; Willie Moretti; Joe Adonis; Frank Costello; Carlo Gambino Salvatore Maranzano; Joseph Bonanno; Vito Bonventre †; Stefano Magaddino; Joe Profaci; Joe Aiello †; Gaetano Reina †; Tommy Gagliano; Tommy Lucchese; Nicolo Schiro

The Castellammarese War (Italian pronunciation: [kaˌstɛllammaˈreːze, -eːse]) was a bloody power struggle for control of the American Mafia between partisans of Joe "The Boss" Masseria and Salvatore Maranzano that took place in New York City from February 26, 1930, until April 15, 1931. The feud was named after the Sicilian town of Castellammare del Golfo, Maranzano's birthplace.^[1]

Maranzano's faction prevailed in the conflict and divided New York's crime families into the Five Families; Maranzano declared himself capo di tutti i capi ("boss of all bosses"). However, Maranzano was murdered in September 1931 on orders of Lucky Luciano, who established a power-sharing arrangement through a governing body called the Commission, giving equal stature to all Mafia families to avoid such feuds in the future.

^ Critchley, David (2008). The Origin of Organized Crime in America. New York: Routledge. p. 165. ISBN 978-0415990301.

[1] Critchley, David (2008). The Origin of Organized Crime in America. New York: Routledge. p. 165. ISBN 978-0415990301.

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