By far luciano was the most powerful,also the most feared,Gambino the wealthiest and smartest,
he ordered the hit on anastasia,he then took over
the family kka the Gambinos,he also with-out a
doubt,hit colombo,with the go ahead from the other
families and his own,crazy joe gallo was in on that also.The bananna war was a long drawn out
bloody mess.The philly mob wars that still exist
to this day are a direct roll over from that,
bosses were killed w/out permisson,bosses sons
were killed so that they could not follow-up
on their fathers deaths,also the pizza wars
were violent and bloody,they included actual
zips from the old country to do the killing.
Also do not forget Sam{mo-mo}Giancanna,very
powerful,his power in vegas was un-matched,he
even pulled one over on Howard Hughes.