Operation Sauerkraut: OSS’s Use of German POWs to Spread Propaganda
Collage of various gummed labels often carried and distributed by OSS agents All warfare is based on deception.” — Sun Tzu, “The Art of War.” Operation Sauerkraut was a series…
The Safari Club: Covert Operations in Cold War Africa
Adnan Khashoggi’s Mount Kenya Safari Club, from which the alliance derives its name. Attribution: Collectie Wereldmuseum (v/h Tropenmuseum), part of the National Museum of World Cultures / CC BY-SA 3.0.…
Indiana Jones® in Real Life: The OSS Archaeologists of WWII
The iconic bullwhip and hat used by Indiana Jones. Photo by Gary Stewart / CC BY 3.0. During World War II, the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), a precursor to…
The OSS Morale Operations Branch: Pioneers of Psychological Warfare
The OSS Gallery at the CIA Museum at the George Bush Center for Intelligence, Virginia. All warfare is based on deception.” — Sun Tzu, “The Art of War.” The Morale…
Behind Enemy Lines: The Unsung Heroes of OSS Detachment 101
Irrawaddy Ambush.Stuart Brown 2010 Oil on canvas Donated courtesy of Michael DeSombre. The painting depicts one of OSS Detachment 101’s many guerrilla operations staged to disrupt Japanese supply and reinforcement…