The OSS

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf intelligence officer
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:dissolved 1945
gptkbp:employs over 13,000 people
gptkbp:formed 1942
gptkbp:founder gptkb:William_J._Donovan
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Office_of_Strategic_Services
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The OSS
gptkbp:influenced formation of CIA
modern US intelligence community
gptkbp:notableAlly gptkb:Chinese_Nationalist_forces
gptkb:French_Resistance
gptkb:Yugoslav_Partisans
gptkb:Soviet_NKVD
gptkb:British_Special_Operations_Executive
OSS Detachment 101 (Burma)
gptkbp:notableEvent conducted espionage against Axis powers
contributed to postwar intelligence structure
disbanded by President Harry S. Truman
involved in planning D-Day
supported resistance movements in Europe and Asia
trained agents in sabotage and guerrilla warfare
gptkbp:notableFor Special Operations Branch
Morale Operations Branch
Research and Analysis Branch
X-2 Counterintelligence Branch
gptkbp:notableMember gptkb:Eero_Saarinen
gptkb:Julia_Child
gptkb:Allen_Dulles
gptkb:Arthur_Goldberg
gptkb:John_Ford
gptkb:Sterling_Hayden
gptkbp:notableOperation gptkb:Operation_Alsos
gptkb:Operation_Jedburgh
gptkb:Operation_Torch
gptkbp:notablePublication Simple Sabotage Field Manual
The Psychology of Guerrilla Warfare
gptkbp:operatesIn gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:COI_(Coordinator_of_Information)
gptkbp:primaryMission gptkb:propaganda
gptkb:intelligence_gathering
covert operations
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Central_Intelligence_Agency
gptkb:Strategic_Services_Unit
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:NCdot
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7