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Vor einem Tag · While the World War II Office of Strategic Services (OSS) was technically a military agency under the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in practice, it was fairly autonomous and enjoyed direct access to President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
- United States
- CIA
- Classified
- Directorate of Operations
12. Apr. 2024 · Office of Strategic Services (OSS), agency of the U.S. federal government (1942–45) formed for the purpose of obtaining information about and sabotaging the military efforts of enemy nations during World War II. It was headed by William J. (“Wild Bill”) Donovan (1883–1959). With some 12,000 staff.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Vor 2 Tagen · Following the dissolution of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) at the end of World War II, President Harry S. Truman created the Central Intelligence Group under the direction of a director of central intelligence by presidential directive on January 22, 1946, [8] and this group was transformed into the Central Intelligence Agency by implem...
- $15 billion (as of 2013[update])
- September 18, 1947; 76 years ago
- 21,575 (estimate)
Vor 3 Tagen · In early 1942, Donovan's organisation became the Office of Strategic Services. SOE and OSS worked out respective areas of operation: OSS's exclusive sphere included China (including Manchuria), Korea and Australia, the Atlantic islands and Finland. SOE retained India, the Middle East and East Africa, and the Balkans. While the two ...
- 22 July 1940 – 15 January 1946
- United Kingdom
- Approximately 13,000 employees
Vor 3 Tagen · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), principal foreign intelligence and counterintelligence agency of the U.S. government. Formally created in 1947, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) grew out of the World War II Office of Strategic Services (OSS). Previous U.S. intelligence and counterintelligence efforts had been conducted by the ...
18. Apr. 2024 · Image Credit: Office of Strategic Services. The SOE was a secret British World War II organization formed in 1940 by combining Department EH of the Foreign Office, Section D, a division of the Secret Intelligence Service, and MI (R), a section of the War Office.
23. Apr. 2024 · When the United States entered World War II, MI6 helped to train personnel of the U.S. Office of Strategic Services; it has since cooperated with the OSS’s successor, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
