Office of Strategic Services

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government agency intelligence agency

The Office of Strategic Services was the United States’ World War II-era intelligence and covert operations agency that laid the groundwork for the modern American intelligence community.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Office of Strategic Services canonical 75
United States Office of Strategic Services 2
Coordinator of Information of the United States 1

Statements (67)

Predicate Object
instanceOf government agency ⓘ
intelligence agency ⓘ
archivesAt National Archives and Records Administration ⓘ
surface form: U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
commemoratedBy OSS Society ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dissolved 1945-10-01 ⓘ
employed Allen Dulles ⓘ
Arthur Schlesinger Jr. ⓘ
David Bruce ⓘ
E. Howard Hunt ⓘ
Frank Wisner ⓘ
James Jesus Angleton ⓘ
John Ford ⓘ
Julia Child ⓘ
Moe Berg ⓘ
Paul Mellon ⓘ
Ralph Bunche ⓘ
Sterling Hayden ⓘ
William Colby ⓘ
hasAbbreviation OSS ⓘ
headOfGovernmentBody William J. Donovan ⓘ
headquartersLocation Washington, D.C. ⓘ
inception 1942-06-13 ⓘ
influenced Central Intelligence Agency ⓘ
U.S. Special Operations Command ⓘ
surface form: United States Special Operations Command

modern United States intelligence community ⓘ
jurisdiction United States government ⓘ
surface form: federal government of the United States
keyPerson William J. Donovan ⓘ
legalBasis presidential military order of 1942 ⓘ
mainFunction covert operations ⓘ
propaganda and psychological warfare ⓘ
special operations ⓘ
strategic intelligence collection ⓘ
support to resistance movements ⓘ
motto “Semper Occultus” (attributed, unofficial) ⓘ
nickname Wild Bill Donovan’s organization ⓘ
notableOperation Operation Jedburgh ⓘ
intelligence operations in Switzerland ⓘ
operations with Chinese Nationalist forces ⓘ
support to French Resistance ⓘ
operatedIn Asia ⓘ
Myanmar ⓘ
surface form: Burma

China ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
France ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
North Africa ⓘ
parentOrganization Joint Chiefs of Staff ⓘ
United States Armed Forces ⓘ
partOf United States war effort in World War II ⓘ
predecessor Coordinator of Information ⓘ
shortName OSS ⓘ
significantEvent established by order of President Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
subOrganization Morale Operations Branch ⓘ
Operational Groups ⓘ
Research and Analysis Branch ⓘ
Secret Intelligence Branch ⓘ
Special Operations Branch ⓘ
successor Central Intelligence Agency ⓘ
Office of Policy Coordination ⓘ
Office of Special Operations ⓘ
Strategic Services Unit ⓘ
trainingFacility Area B-5 (Catoctin Mountain Park) ⓘ
Camp David ⓘ
Camp X ⓘ

Referenced by (82)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Central Intelligence Agency → precededBy → Office of Strategic Services ⓘ
Donal McLaughlin → employer → Office of Strategic Services ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Office of Strategic Services
British Security Coordination → coordinatedWith → Office of Strategic Services ⓘ
OSS Society → namedAfter → Office of Strategic Services ⓘ
OSS Society → focusesOn → Office of Strategic Services ⓘ
Special Operations Branch → partOf → Office of Strategic Services ⓘ
Special Operations Branch → operatedBy → Office of Strategic Services ⓘ
Special Operations Branch → foundedBy → Office of Strategic Services ⓘ
European resistance movements → cooperatedWith → Office of Strategic Services ⓘ
OSS → fullName → Office of Strategic Services ⓘ
Strategic Services Unit → predecessor → Office of Strategic Services ⓘ
Strategic Services Unit → continuedFrom → Office of Strategic Services ⓘ
Office of Policy Coordination → mergedInto → Office of Strategic Services ⓘ
this entity surface form: Directorate of Plans
Julia Child → employer → Office of Strategic Services ⓘ
Julia Child → militaryBranch → Office of Strategic Services ⓘ
Research and Analysis Branch → partOf → Office of Strategic Services ⓘ
Research and Analysis Branch → parentOrganization → Office of Strategic Services ⓘ
Research and Analysis Branch → operatedBy → Office of Strategic Services ⓘ
Secret Intelligence Branch → partOf → Office of Strategic Services ⓘ
Secret Intelligence Branch → employer → Office of Strategic Services ⓘ
Secret Intelligence Branch → supervisingAgency → Office of Strategic Services ⓘ
Operational Groups → partOf → Office of Strategic Services ⓘ
Operational Groups → parentOrganization → Office of Strategic Services ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. Office of Strategic Services
Area B-5 (Catoctin Mountain Park) → usedBy → Office of Strategic Services ⓘ
“Semper Occultus” (attributed, unofficial) → associatedWith → Office of Strategic Services ⓘ
subject surface form: Semper Occultus
“Semper Occultus” (attributed, unofficial) → describesMissionStyleOf → Office of Strategic Services ⓘ
subject surface form: Semper Occultus
John Ford → founded → Office of Strategic Services ⓘ
this entity surface form: Field Photographic Branch of the Office of Strategic Services
Morale Operations Branch → partOf → Office of Strategic Services ⓘ
Morale Operations Branch → operatedBy → Office of Strategic Services ⓘ
Morale Operations Branch → foundedBy → Office of Strategic Services ⓘ
Sterling Hayden → militaryBranch → Office of Strategic Services ⓘ
Moe Berg → employer → Office of Strategic Services ⓘ
William J. Donovan → positionHeld → Office of Strategic Services ⓘ
this entity surface form: Coordinator of Information of the United States
William J. Donovan → founded → Office of Strategic Services ⓘ
BSC → collaboratedWith → Office of Strategic Services ⓘ
subject surface form: British Security Coordination
Navy SEALs → precededBy → Office of Strategic Services ⓘ
this entity surface form: Office of Strategic Services Maritime Unit
Allen Dulles → militaryBranch → Office of Strategic Services ⓘ
William Colby → memberOf → Office of Strategic Services ⓘ
Frank Wisner → employer → Office of Strategic Services ⓘ
Frank Wisner → memberOf → Office of Strategic Services ⓘ
James Jesus Angleton → memberOf → Office of Strategic Services ⓘ
James Jesus Angleton → employer → Office of Strategic Services ⓘ
Operation Jedburgh → operator → Office of Strategic Services ⓘ
Merrill's Marauders → supportedBy → Office of Strategic Services ⓘ
William J. Casey → workedFor → Office of Strategic Services ⓘ
Central Intelligence Group → predecessor → Office of Strategic Services ⓘ
French Resistance → supportedBy → Office of Strategic Services ⓘ
Hayden → militaryBranch → Office of Strategic Services ⓘ
subject surface form: Sterling Hayden
Paul Cushing Child → servedIn → Office of Strategic Services ⓘ
Paul Cushing Child → metSpouseIn → Office of Strategic Services ⓘ