Download or read book ONI and OSS in World War II written by David J. Ferrier and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book ONI and OSS in World War II written by David J. Ferrier and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Operatives Spies and Saboteurs written by Patrick K. O'Donnell and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-10-28 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: O'Donnell has tracked down and interviewed more than 300 elite and mysterious former OSS (Office of Strategic Services) members and, for the first time, relates their incredible true stories of World War II--stories that may read like the best spy novels but are shockingly true. 16-page photo insert.

Download or read book The OSS in World War II written by Edward Hymoff and published by Eagle Publishing Corporation. This book was released on 1986 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Secret War written by George C. Chalou and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1995-12 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The proceedings of the first major scholarly conference on the OSS, which was in existence from 1941 through 1945. Includes 24 papers presented by veterans and historians of the OSS. Offers new insights into the activities and importance of the U.S.'s first modern national intelligence agency. Discusses: the U.S. on the brink of war; the operations of the OSS at the headquarters level and in the field throughout Western Europe, the Balkans, and Asia. Also explores the legacy of the OSS. Contributors include: Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., William Colby, Walt W. Rostow, Robin Winks, and Aline, Countess of Romanones.

Download or read book A Spy s Diary of World War II written by Wayne Nelson and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2009-10-21 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is the wartime diary of Wayne Nelson, an OSS officer who served in North Africa and Europe during World War II. A prewar colleague of Allen Dulles, Nelson joined an infant OSS after failing to join the Navy because of a vision disability, and he went on to serve in North Africa, Sicily, Sardinia, Italy, Corsica, and mainland France. Erudite and a skilled writer, Nelson captured intriguing observations about some of the most important spy operations of the war, and his diary entries offer a thrilling, readable and informative glimpse into the life of a spy during World War II.

Download or read book Behind Enemy Lines written by Al Johnson and published by . This book was released on 2019-09-02 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Years before the CIA was formed there was something called the Office of Strategic Services. Georgetown Township resident Al Johnson was a charter member of this clandestine group during World War II, joining forces with the French Underground and then fighting the Japanese occupation of China. The OSS conducted secret missions hundreds of miles behind enemy lines. Al Johnson who is 96 years old said one of the toughest part might have been "keeping a lid on" everywhere he was and everything he did. "It was such a hush-hush group. We couldn't talk about it when we got home on furloughs. We were strongly advised not to say anything. So for over 50 years Al Johnson had all these stories hidden away in his memory bank until one day when he received a letter from the United States government informing him the 50 years had expired and he was free to talk about his adventures in the OSS. This book was written as therapy for Al and to let his children and grandchildren know what he did during World War II.

Download or read book No Bugles for Spies written by Lt.-Col. Robert Hayden Alcorn and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2017-07-19 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The unvarnished behind-the-scenes tale of the OSS—and the incredibly daring men and women who put their lives at stake in the most dangerous game of all. “By mid-1942, after a Washington shuffle, the Office of Coordinator of information had become the Office of Strategic Services. By then, Colonel, later General, "Wild Bill" Donovan, the "Wizard of OSS", was "sitting stop a lusty, burgeoning, dynamic organization stamped with its own imprint". The story of how that organization grew, the sort of operatives and methods it employed, the schemes and techniques of financing its activities, and the things it was able to accomplish for the war effort still makes exciting reading, even this many years after the war. Alcorn served with the organization from its earliest days, with Donovan both directly and indirectly; his observations would indicate that the man was nearly unique in his ability to grasp quantities of detail. While Alcorn does not leave out some mention of prima donnas and other undesirable; who occasionally cropped up, and he is moderately censorious of MacArthur's refusal to let OSS operate freely in the Pacific theatre, his overall picture is one of uncommon harmony for such a complex effort. The emphasis is on people, rather than techniques, he has a real grasp of how to project human-interest material. The thrills, chills, and tears are well balanced, and the effect is exhilarating.”—Kirkus Reviews “One of the best”—Detroit News “The thrills, chills, and tears are well balanced, and the effect is exhilarating.”

Download or read book The Oss in World War II written by Edward Hymoff and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 1974-02-12 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book OSS TOP SECRET OPERATIONS Volume 1 written by International Bestselling Au Rothmiller and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2022-03-18 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These are the true stories of OSS covert operations during World War 2. There are three volumes. They were written at the end of WW 2 and cut to the chase. There is no flowery narration, just hard-hitting facts of their successes, difficulties, and failures. This is the most accurate assessment of intelligence operations from the war. Before World War II, intelligence activities in the United States were mostly carried out by the Department of State, the Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI), and the War Department's Military Intelligence Division (MID). Hoping for greater coordination of intelligence activities and a more strategic approach to intelligence gathering and operations, on July 11, 1941, President Franklin Roosevelt appointed William J. Donovan to head a new civilian office attached to the White House, the Coordinator of Information (COI). The COI was charged with collecting and analyzing information that may have had bearing upon national security, correlating such information and data, and making this information available to the President, authorized departments, and government officials. The COI operations duplicated but did not necessarily replace functions carried out by the State Department, ONI, and MID. When World War II started, Donovan worked with the newly created Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) to place the COI under JCS control; while preserving COI autonomy and gaining access to military support and resources. On June 13, 1942, the COI became the Office of Strategic Services (OSS). The OSS gathered intelligence information about practically every country in existence but was not allowed to conduct operations in the Pacific Theater, which General Douglas MacArthur claimed as his own. J. Edgar Hoover of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Nelson Rockefeller, the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs, insisted that the OSS should not operate in the Western hemisphere. For these reasons, the records of OSS covert operations were primarily confined to Europe, Asia, and North Africa. The OSS established more than 40 overseas offices during World War II, extending from Casablanca to Shanghai and Stockholm to Pretoria. Most records were transferred to two federal agencies after the OSS was eliminated on September 20, 1945. Approximately 1,700 cubic feet of Research and Analysis Branch records ended up at the Department of State. In comparison, more than 6,000 cubic feet of operational records were transferred to what was to become the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Note that the CIA was not created until July 26, 1947. After World War II, OSS veterans in the Strategic Services Unit (SSU) arranged most OSS operational records according to OSS locations, offices, and file categories. For a list of these categories, see the Arrangement of OSS Records. In 1946, the State Department began releasing records to the National Archives, which had taken over the bulk of Research and Analysis Branch files after the war. The most extensive series consists of intelligence reports relating to political, economic, military, and morale. The information covers nearly all nations. Each series is arranged by document number. The office would assign the next consecutive number to the accounts and correspondence sent to the R & A Branch. As a historian and bestselling author, I edited various passages for clarity, punctuation, and ease of reading. However, it did not change the information or story in any fashion.

Download or read book Phantom Seven written by Angela Horn and published by WinePress Publishing. This book was released on 2011-07-20 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What’s it like to be a spy? The Phantom Seven, American servicemen posted to the OSS, Office of Strategic Services in Europe during World War II, relate harrowing and humorous first-person stories of danger, adventure, and friendship. McCoy-Horn provides historical context, creating an entertaining and informative salute to freedom.

Download or read book This Grim and Savage Game written by Tom Moon and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Operatives Spies and Saboteurs written by Patrick K. O'Donnell and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Profiles the men and women who served as operatives, spies, and saboteurs for the United States during World War II.

Download or read book Undetermined Megatons of T n t written by Brian Degraffenried and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-07-30 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a story of one of the last assignments executed by agents of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) in WWII. Forty-eight days after the successful completion of this assignment, on September 20, 1945, President Truman signed Executive Order 9621 that dis- banded the OSS. Fifteen months later, on January 1, 1947, the National Security Act of 1947 established the United States first peacetime intelligence agency, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), which then assumed all the activities of the OSS.In the days following December 7, 1941, millions of young men and women volunteered or were drafted into the Armed Forces of the United States. All loved their country and were willing to risk their lives to defend it from the threat of domination that would result from defeat. It is difficult for those of you born after the early 1930's to understand the lack of worldly knowledge of the men and women that made up the Armed Forces during World War II. The majority was 18 to 21 years old and had never traveled more than a few miles from where they were born. Most, on December 7, 1941, had never heard of Pearl Harbor, had only a vague idea where Hawaii was, and only a few had ever seen a Japanese person. Many of the personnel of the OSS, even though chosen with great care and thoroughly investigated, were made up of these inexperienced young men and women. Their inherent trust in authority and respect for honesty inspired in them the ability to follow orders from superior officers and to not reveal any of the information given under an oath of secrecy. Proof of this is evident in the fact that so few of the activities of the OSS have become public knowledge in the sixty-eight years since it was disbanded. Many became heroes but none were publicly honored for their heroism. When assignments were completed agents were instructed - “This never happened.”

Download or read book The Secret War Report of the OSS written by Anthony Cave Brown and published by Penguin Adult HC/TR. This book was released on 1976 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book No Moon as Witness written by James Stejskal and published by Casemate. This book was released on 2021-06-30 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The creation and intense training regimens of the British Special Operations Executive and the American Office of Strategic Services leading into WWII. Winston Churchill famously instructed the head of the Special Operations Executive to “Set Europe ablaze!” Agents of both the British Special Operations Executive and the American Office of Strategic Services underwent rigorous training before making their way, undetected, into Occupied Europe. Working alone or in small cells, often cooperating with local resistance groups, agents undertook missions behind enemy lines involving sabotage, subversion, organizing resistance groups, and intelligence-gathering. The SOE’s notable successes included the destruction of a power station in France, the assassination of Himmler’s deputy Reinhard Heyrich, and ending the Nazi atomic bomb program by destroying the heavy water plant at Vemork, Norway. OSS operatives established anti-Nazi resistance groups across Europe, and managed to smuggle operatives into Nazi Germany, including running one of the war’s most important spies, German diplomat Fritz Kolbe. All of their missions were incredibly dangerous and many agents were captured, tortured, and ultimately killed—the life expectancy of an SOE wireless operator in occupied France was just six weeks. In No Moon as Witness, historian James Stejskal examines why these agencies were established, the training regime and ingenious tools developed to enable agents to undertake their missions, their operational successes, and their legacy. “The book is well organized and also an excellent read. It examines the close history of the SOE and OSS—and how they worked together . . . or not. In addition, the ‘tools of the trade’ chapter includes images and sketches that often do not appear in other books.” —SOF News

Download or read book Special Operations in WWII written by James Stejskal and published by Casemate. This book was released on 2020-04-30 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A brief history of secret British and American World War II organizations, their training, tools, successes, and their legacy. Winston Churchill famously instructed the head of the Special Operations Executive to “Set Europe ablaze!” Agents of both the British Special Operations Executive and the American Office of Strategic Services underwent rigorous training before making their way, undetected, into occupied Europe to do just that. Working alone or in small cells, often cooperating with local resistance groups, agents undertook missions behind enemy lines involving sabotage, subversion, organizing resistance groups and intelligence-gathering. SOE’s first notable success was the destruction of a power station in France, stopping work at a vital U-boat base. Later operations included the assassination of Himmler’s deputy Reinhard Heyrich and ending the Nazi atomic bomb program by destroying the heavy water plant at Vemork, Norway. OSS operatives established anti-Nazi resistance groups across Europe, and managed to smuggle operatives into Nazi Germany, including running one of the war’s most important spies, German diplomat Fritz Kolbe. All missions were incredibly dangerous and many agents were captured, tortured, and ultimately killed—the life expectancy of an SOE wireless operator in occupied France was just six weeks. In this short history, historian James Stejskal examines why these agencies were established, the training regime and ingenious tools developed to enable agents to undertake their missions, their operational successes, and their legacy.