U. S. Office of Strategic Services

GPTKB entity

Statements (64)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:government_agency
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Liberation_of_Yugoslavia
gptkbp:collaborated_with gptkb:British_Special_Operations_Executive
gptkbp:conducted surveillance operations
counterintelligence operations
field operations
gptkbp:created gptkb:OSS_Psychological_Warfare_Branch
OSS Maritime Unit
OSS Air Operations
OSS Training School
gptkbp:developed_by gptkb:OSS_Morale_Operations
OSS Research and Analysis Branch
OSS Field Manual
gptkbp:director gptkb:William_Joseph_Donovan
gptkbp:dissolved 1945
gptkbp:employs women in roles
gptkbp:established gptkb:OSS_Special_Operations
gptkb:Executive_Order_12333
OSS Research and Analysis
gptkbp:focus gptkb:political_organization
gptkb:war
espionage
sabotage
gptkbp:founded gptkb:1942
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Washington,_D._C.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label U. S. Office of Strategic Services
gptkbp:influenced modern intelligence agencies
Cold War intelligence strategies
gptkbp:intelligence gptkb:Allied_forces
gptkbp:is_analyzed_in enemy capabilities
enemy intentions
gptkbp:is_involved_in gptkb:healthcare_organization
gptkb:World_War_II
information warfare
sabotage operations
covert actions
post-war planning
deception operations
supporting resistance movements
gathering intelligence on Axis powers
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:legacy gptkb:government_agency
gptkbp:meets gptkb:government_agency
economic intelligence
political intelligence
gptkbp:notable_operations gptkb:Operation_Gladio
gptkb:Operation_Torch
gptkb:Operation_Jedburgh
gptkbp:operates_in gptkb:Europe
gptkb:Asia
gptkb:North_Africa
gptkbp:operates_under gptkb:U._S._Department_of_War
gptkbp:primary_function collecting and analyzing information
gptkbp:provides support to Allied military operations
gptkbp:recruitment various military branches
gptkbp:successor gptkb:government_agency
gptkbp:training foreign resistance groups
gptkbp:type gptkb:military_operation
gptkbp:uses disguises
gptkbp:utilizes gptkb:currency
radio communications
informants
codebreaking techniques