Office of Strategic Services

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf intelligence agency
gptkbp:collaboratedWith gptkb:British_Special_Operations_Executive
gptkb:U.S._military
gptkb:Office_of_War_Information
gptkbp:dissolved 1945
gptkbp:educational_programs government agency
gptkbp:founded 1942
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
gptkbp:historical_significance first centralized intelligence agency in the U.S.
gptkbp:historicalEvent gptkb:Cold_War
gptkb:World_War_II
Battle of the Bulge
Operation Market Garden
D-Day
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Office of Strategic Services
gptkbp:key_figure gptkb:William_J._Donovan
gptkbp:legacy influenced_the_creation_of_the_CIA
gptkbp:motto “The_Truth_Will_Make_You_Free”
gptkbp:notable_member gptkb:David_Bruce
gptkb:William_Colby
gptkb:Julia_Child
gptkb:Eliot_Ness
gptkbp:notableOperations gptkb:Operation_Torch
Operation Overlord
Operation Gladio
Operation Jedburgh
gptkbp:officialLanguage English
gptkbp:operational_area gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:operational_status espionage
propaganda
covert operations
sabotage
psychological warfare
gptkbp:parent_company gptkb:United_States_Department_of_War
gptkbp:predecessor Coordinator of Information
gptkbp:primaryFunction collecting and analyzing information
gptkbp:recruitment civilians
military personnel
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Central_Intelligence_Agency
gptkbp:technology cryptography
radio communications
surveillance equipment
decryption methods
photographic intelligence
gptkbp:training foreign intelligence
counterintelligence
supporting resistance movements
conducting sabotage missions
gathering intelligence on enemy forces
gptkbp:trainingPrograms gptkb:OSS_Operational_Group
gptkb:OSS_Maritime_Unit
gptkb:OSS_Psychological_Warfare_Division
gptkb:OSS_Research_and_Analysis_Branch
OSS_Training_School