American OSS

GPTKB entity

Properties (56)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf intelligence agency
gptkbp:affiliatedWith gptkb:Allied_powers
gptkbp:collaboratedWith gptkb:French_Resistance
gptkb:British_Special_Operations_Executive
gptkb:Chinese_Nationalist_forces
gptkbp:createdBy Executive Order 9621
gptkbp:disbanded gptkb:National_Security_Act_of_1947
gptkbp:dissolved 1945
gptkbp:educational_programs government agency
gptkbp:founded 1942
gptkbp:has_a_role_in gptkb:Italian_Campaign
D-Day invasion
Pacific_Theater_operations
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label American OSS
gptkbp:influenced modern intelligence agencies
intelligence_practices
CIA's_formation
gptkbp:is_involved_in propaganda
psychological warfare
sabotage operations
anti-communist activities
post-war intelligence gathering
Cold_War_operations
gptkbp:is_known_for espionage
counterintelligence
supporting resistance movements
gptkbp:legacy intelligence community
gptkbp:notableFigures gptkb:Julia_Child
gptkb:William_J._Donovan
gptkbp:notableOperations Operation Gladio
Operation Jedburgh
gptkbp:officialLanguage English
gptkbp:operates_in gptkb:World_War_II
gptkb:U.S._Department_of_State
gptkb:U.S._Department_of_War
gptkbp:operational_area gptkb:Asia
gptkb:North_Africa
Europe
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Office_of_Strategic_Services
gptkbp:primaryFunction covert operations
collecting intelligence
gptkbp:providesTrainingFor analysts
agents
operatives
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:CIA
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Central_Intelligence_Agency
gptkbp:tactics reconnaissance
deception
surveillance
gptkbp:usesTechnology cryptography
photography
radio communications
gptkbp:utilizes military personnel
informants
local populations