American Office of Strategic Services

GPTKB entity

Statements (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:CIA
gptkbp:collaborated_with gptkb:British_Special_Operations_Executive
gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkb:Resistance
gptkbp:director gptkb:William_Joseph_Donovan
gptkbp:dissolved 1945
gptkbp:founded gptkb:1942
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Washington,_D._C.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label American Office of Strategic Services
gptkbp:intelligence gptkb:counterintelligence
gptkb:psychological_warfare
gptkb:propaganda
espionage
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:leadership yes
gptkbp:legacy influenced modern intelligence agencies
developed covert action techniques
established intelligence community standards
pioneered psychological operations
gptkbp:motto nan
gptkbp:notable_alumni gptkb:Julia_Child
gptkb:Richard_Helms
gptkb:Paul_H._Nitze
gptkb:Eliot_Ness
gptkb:David_Atlee_Phillips
gptkb:Robert_Lovett
gptkb:John_K._Singlaub
gptkb:James_Jesus_Angleton
gptkb:William_Colby_Jr.
gptkb:William_Mc_Raven
gptkbp:notable_operations gptkb:Operation_Gladio
gptkb:Operation_Overlord
gptkb:Operation_Torch
gptkb:Operation_Jedburgh
gptkbp:operates_under gptkb:United_States_Department_of_War
gptkbp:operational_area gptkb:Africa
gptkb:Europe
gptkb:Asia
Pacific
gptkbp:operational_use gptkb:deception
sabotage
intelligence analysis
clandestine operations
gptkbp:parent_agency gptkb:United_States_Army
gptkbp:primary_function collecting and analyzing information
gptkbp:recruitment military and civilian personnel
gptkbp:successor gptkb:CIA
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:French_resistance_during_WWII
gptkb:Czech_resistance
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4