#TodayInSpyHistory On June 13, 1942, the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), America's first centralized intelligence agency, was established. Led by the legendary "Wild Bill" Donovan, the OSS brought together spies, scholars, commandos, and codebreakers under one roof, combining espionage, covert operations, counterintelligence, and research and analysis in ways never before seen in American government.
In just over three years, OSS operatives parachuted behind enemy lines in France, fought alongside resistance fighters in Burma and Yugoslavia, and helped lay the groundwork for Allied victory in World War II. When the war ended, the OSS' legacy lived on, with its personnel, methods, and mission forming the foundation of what would become the Central Intelligence Agency.
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