Posted on Jun 14, 2023
Glorious amateurs: The spies of World War II's OSS celebrate a birthday
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Happy 79th birthday, OSS, which was created on 13 Jun 1942 by a military order signed by FDR.
Glorious amateurs: The spies of World War II's OSS celebrate a birthday
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Intelligence
Spying
WWII World War Two
American History
Posted 12 mo ago
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."Early in the creation of the OSS, General William Donovan saw the potential of adding female spies to his growing pool of talent. Of the 13,000 personnel that made up the OSS, more than 4,000 officers were women, and they created propaganda, interrogated German prisoners, decoded intelligence, stole secrets, provided analysis, and engaged in counterintelligence. And they did all this while putting themselves in harm’s way–in every theater of World War II."...
..."Early in the creation of the OSS, General William Donovan saw the potential of adding female spies to his growing pool of talent. Of the 13,000 personnel that made up the OSS, more than 4,000 officers were women, and they created propaganda, interrogated German prisoners, decoded intelligence, stole secrets, provided analysis, and engaged in counterintelligence. And they did all this while putting themselves in harm’s way–in every theater of World War II."...
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