Office OF Strategic services
the Office OF Strategic services (OSS), German: Office for strategic services, was an US-American secret service of 1942 - 1945 and forerunner of the CIA.
overview
the 1941 of president Franklin D. Roosevelt in the life called and to 13. July 1942 officially created Office OF Strategic services was the first operationally working secret service of the USA, which was not subordinate to a military organization. Its field of application covered procurement of information, disinformation of the opponent, psychological war guidance, partisans - support, sabotage as well as counter-espionage.
The OSS worked as far as possible on the European theater, there general Douglas MacArthur, which co-operated Commanders-in-Chief in the Pacific, only with the secret services of the branches of service, in particular the G-2 of the army.
First director/conductor of the OSS was a major general “game Bill” Donovan (1883-1959) - a friend of the president.
The OSS became after the Second World War to 20. Septembers 1945 again dissolved, many the coworker were transferred however to the 1947 created CIA.
One of the most well-known coworkers of the OSS was temporary the philosopher harsh ore Marcuse, boss of the European section of the service.
