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The Office of Strategic Services ( OSS) was the intelligence agency of the United States during World War II. The OSS was formed as an agency of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) [3] to coordinate espionage activities behind enemy lines for all branches of the United States Armed Forces.
The Office of Strategic Services (OSS) Society honors the historic accomplishments of the OSS during World War II, the predecessor to the CIA and the U.S. Special Operations Command. It educates the American public about the importance of strategic intelligence and special operations to the preservation of freedom.
Mar 8, 2024 · O.S.S., starring Alan Ladd, is the story of John Martin, who is arrested at the beginning of the film for attempted industrial espionage. Based on his knack for breaking and entering, Martin is able to avoid jail time and is instead turned over to the newly-created OSS for training.
Dec 23, 2013 · The OSS armed and trained resistance movements against the Japanese in Burma, China, and French Indochina; trained Austrian and German antifascists for missions inside Nazi Germany; recruited diplomatic couriers from Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, and Switzerland to smuggle US intel into these areas to communicate with native elements hostile to th...
Agent Frank Hawthorn embarks on perilous missions behind Nazi lines in this World War II adventure inspired by the exploits of the Office of Strategic...
o.s.s.: With Ron Randell, Lionel Murton, Robert Gallico, Max Faulkner. Frank Hawthorne is an agent in World War II's Office of Strategic Services (O. S. S.), the U. S.'s spy agency.
Aug 1, 2005 · In the months before World War II, FDR prepared the country for conflict with Germany and Japan by reshuffling various government agencies to create the Office of Strategic Services-America's first intelligence agency and the direct precursor to the CIA.
- Richard Harris Smith
A German embassy hold valuable papers and the agency knows only one capable safecracker Rafferty. But he's in prison so Frank must engineer the criminal's escape plus convince him to assist in a deadly operation.
O.S.S. was a Buckeye Productions and Associated Television co-produced wartime television drama series. It ran for 26 half-hour monochrome episodes during the 1957-1958 season and was distributed by ITC Entertainment and networked in the United States by ABC.
The Office of Strategic Services was initiated during World War II by General William J. Donovan with the approval and support of President Franklin D. Roosevelt to improve, coordinate and provide intelligence needed for wartime activities, and was placed under the direct control of the Joint Chiefs of staff.
