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Operation Oss
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Author : U.S. Army Special Forces
language : en
Publisher: Paladin Press
Release Date : 2011-09-01
Operation Oss written by U.S. Army Special Forces and has been published by Paladin Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-09-01 with History categories.
Operation OSS provides a fascinating glimpse into the famed Office of Strategic Services, better known as the OSS, the predecessor to today's CIA. It combines three declassified manuals that together document the field activities of the clandestine community during World War II, involving both citizen saboteurs and professional teams of trained operatives. Simple Sabotage Field Manual is the basic OSS doctrine for training civilians as saboteurs, outlining the tools, targets, and timing schedules necessary to achieve maximum efficiency in support of conventional military offensives. Maritime Unit Field Manual describes OSS clandestine waterborne operations, including ferrying operatives and supplies to and from enemy-held shores, conducting maritime sabotage against enemy shipping and shipping installations, and providing tactical assistance to conventional forces. Provisional Basic Field Manual puts the sabotage and maritime manuals in proper context, showing how the objectives of physical and morale subversion fit into the overall mission statement and structure of the organization. These rare manual reprints are essential study for anyone interested in the activities of the clandestine community during World War II.
Special Operations In Wwii
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Author : James Stejskal
language : en
Publisher: Casemate
Release Date : 2020-04-30
Special Operations In Wwii written by James Stejskal and has been published by Casemate this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-04-30 with History categories.
A brief history of secret British and American World War II organizations, their training, tools, successes, and their legacy. Winston Churchill famously instructed the head of the Special Operations Executive to “Set Europe ablaze!” Agents of both the British Special Operations Executive and the American Office of Strategic Services underwent rigorous training before making their way, undetected, into occupied Europe to do just that. Working alone or in small cells, often cooperating with local resistance groups, agents undertook missions behind enemy lines involving sabotage, subversion, organizing resistance groups and intelligence-gathering. SOE’s first notable success was the destruction of a power station in France, stopping work at a vital U-boat base. Later operations included the assassination of Himmler’s deputy Reinhard Heyrich and ending the Nazi atomic bomb program by destroying the heavy water plant at Vemork, Norway. OSS operatives established anti-Nazi resistance groups across Europe, and managed to smuggle operatives into Nazi Germany, including running one of the war’s most important spies, German diplomat Fritz Kolbe. All missions were incredibly dangerous and many agents were captured, tortured, and ultimately killed—the life expectancy of an SOE wireless operator in occupied France was just six weeks. In this short history, historian James Stejskal examines why these agencies were established, the training regime and ingenious tools developed to enable agents to undertake their missions, their operational successes, and their legacy.
Operation Rype
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Author : Frode Lindgjerdet
language : en
Publisher: Casemate
Release Date : 2023-07-31
Operation Rype written by Frode Lindgjerdet and has been published by Casemate this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-07-31 with History categories.
The first complete history of the daring OSS sabotage operation launched to prevent German forces from reinforcing their defenses during World War II. To prevent German occupying forces in Norway from reinforcing their defenses during the final months of World War II, the Office of Strategic Services launched Operation Rype, with the mission of sabotaging the Nordland Railway in Mid-Norway. Rype was led by Major William E. Colby, later director of the CIA. After several delays, the Norwegian Special Operations Group (NORSO) dropped over the Snåsa mountains on the night of March 24. Out of eight B-24s, only three dropped on target. One dropped in Sweden, the remaining four returned to Britain. Two of the B-24s crashed, killing all but one of their crews. Reinforcement and resupply of the unit failed due to extreme Arctic conditions. Relying heavily on help from the Norwegian resistance, NORSO managed to sever the railway at two points. On both occasions, they withdrew with Germans hot on their tail. On May 2, a German patrol blundered into their camp, resulting in the killing of all of the Germans and one wounded Norwegian resistance fighter. Whether the Germans were killed in the ensuing firefight, or were executed later, has been hotly debated ever since. After the war ended, NORSO was allowed down from the mountains, but were sent on bogus missions by the British commanders in Trondheim. They eventually managed to get recognition for their contribution to victory. This new history of the operation is based on German, Norwegian, American and Swedish sources. It examines how the outcome of the operation was affected by the limitations of equipment in sub-Arctic conditions, and British-American rivalry and cooperation throughout the operation.
Operation Embankment
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Author : Pierce Rhoads
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-04-30
Operation Embankment written by Pierce Rhoads and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-04-30 with categories.
In August of 1945, Major Albert Peter Dewey was assigned to lead the first OSS team into Saigon, Cochinchina. The mission was code-named Operation Embankment. Originally, it was to be a typical OSS operation, involving ambushes and sabotage. However, when the war abruptly ended on August 15th, the mission's main purpose was changed. No longer would it be a guerrilla military operation. Instead, its new identity would be that of a political intelligence unit and its new goal would be to clandestinely gather information on the military, political and economic situations in Cochinchina. Although there were French military units present in Indochina, they were all imprisoned as a result of a Japanese coup carried out in March 1945. Therefore, the only credible military forces belonged to the Vietnamese Liberation Front, commonly known as the Viet Minh. The leader of the Viet Minh was Ho Chi Minh. On September 2nd, he declared Vietnamese independence. With neither the British nor the French Army to restrain them, the Vietnamese nationalists quickly consolidated their power in Hanoi while making similar preparations to do so in Saigon.On September 1st, the first contingent of Operation Embankment arrived in Saigon. They were overwhelmed by the disorder and violence they witnessed. Attacks against the French Colons (French colonists) occurred daily. Dewey and the rest of the team arrived on September 4, 1945. Within days, they were sending reports back to both the OSS Headquarters in Kandy and to the State Department in Washington, D.C. Most of his information came from French and Vietnamese informants, especially the Viet Minh. When the French discovered Dewey was meeting with their mortal enemies, they were furious. They felt betrayed. They had considered Dewey to be one of their own.Into this potentially explosive situation a new element, in the person of General Douglas Gracey, was added. On September 13, 1945, Gracey, along with a small expeditionary force, landed in Saigon. Gracey was a believer in "Old School" military discipline. Immediately, he became involved in frequent clashes with the much less formal OSS and its leader, Peter Dewey. Gracey wanted to crush the Vietnamese independence movement and restore Indochina to French colonial rule. Dewey, on the other hand, realized the British and French would never be able to regain control over Indochina. He presciently described the futility of trying to restore French colonial rule when he stated, "Cochinchina is burning, the French and the British are being destroyed here and the United States should stay out of Southeast Asia." In their ongoing conflict, Gracey was continually frustrated by Dewey's keen intellect and razor-sharp wit. After a particularly rancorous conference, Gracey decided he had enough. On September 23rd, he ordered Dewey out as a "persona non grata". Dewey's superiors were notified he was to be removed by September 26, 1945.On the morning of September 26th, after a long wait for his flight back to OSS Headquarters, Dewey and his executive officer, Major Herbert Bluechel, decided to return to the OSS villa for lunch. As they were approaching the villa, they were ambushed at a roadblock, a short distance from their destination. Dewey was killed instantly. Bluechel managed to escape back to the villa. After Bluechel's return, a three-hour skirmish ensued between the OSS team and their assailants. Finally, British troops were dispatched to the villa to break the siege and to rescue the Embankment Team. However, when the fighting was over, Dewey's body along with his jeep had disappeared. They were never found, nor was the group responsible for Dewey's death ever officially identified.
Clandestine Operation
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Author : Miesha Aldi
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-05-08
Clandestine Operation written by Miesha Aldi and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-05-08 with categories.
A clandestine operation is an intelligence or military operation carried out in such a way that the operation goes unnoticed by the general population or specific enemy forces. In World War Two, the clandestine services provided the arms and reassurance of proper organization which enabled the underground armies to achieve substantial victories, as their contribution to the Allies' overall strategy. It used to be said that gentlemen do not read each other's mail but this maxim was abandoned with the coming of the Second World War.
Behind The Lines In Greece
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Author : Robert E. Perdue (Jr.)
language : en
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Release Date : 2010
Behind The Lines In Greece written by Robert E. Perdue (Jr.) and has been published by AuthorHouse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Greece categories.
Oss Commando Final Option
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Author : Charles Sasser
language : en
Publisher: Harper Collins
Release Date : 2009-03-17
Oss Commando Final Option written by Charles Sasser and has been published by Harper Collins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-03-17 with Fiction categories.
As American involvement in WW II grew imminent, President Roosevelt authorized the establishment of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), the predecessor of both the CIA and military Special Operations Forces. Using military cover OSS began building a clandestine capability to combat the Axis powers, in which saboteurs, guerillas, commandos, spies and counterintelligence agents worked behind enemy lines. Captain James Cantrell, a former Chicago homicide detective, is the leader of a secret intelligence team for OSS. He is charged with protecting Operation Overlord, the top–secret Allied plans for invading France, and with ferreting out Nazi spies who are desperately attempting to uncover these secrets. With time running out before D–Day, Cantrell must stop a cunning––and seductive––female Gestapo agent operating in London from delivering stolen Overlord information in time for Hitler to reinforce defenses at Normandy. The chase leads him through bomb ravaged London streets and across the English Channel only hours behind his prey. Parachuting into France behind enemy lines only days before the scheduled D–Day landings, his orders are to assassinate her before she reports to her contact on the French mainland. The fate of WW II hangs in the balance.
The Oss Norwegian Special Operations Group In World War Ii
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Author : Bruce H. Heimark
language : en
Publisher: Praeger
Release Date : 1994-10-26
The Oss Norwegian Special Operations Group In World War Ii written by Bruce H. Heimark and has been published by Praeger this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994-10-26 with History categories.
The Operational Groups (OGs) are the unsung heroes of the OSS, and this story is about the Norwegian OGs, who operated deep behind enemy lines in France in 1944, and in Norway, China, and Indochina in 1945. OGs were the Infantry of the OSS. They were uniformed military personnel designed as hard-hitting units trained to operate deep behind enemy lines to conduct sabotage upon Axis forces. The OGs were trained in parachuting, demolitions, weaponry, commando tactics, communications, amphibious warfare, and skiing.
Operation Embankment
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Author : Pierce Rhoads
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-04-30
Operation Embankment written by Pierce Rhoads and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-04-30 with categories.
The circumstances surrounding the death of the first American soldier in Vietnam are shrouded in mystery and intrigue. The soldier in question was the leader of an elite OSS unit, which arrived in Saigon in early September 1945. Three weeks later, he was murdered in an ambush on the day he was supposed to return to OSS Detachment 404 Headquarters in Candy, Ceylon. His body was never recovered and the group, which killed him, was never identified. His name is not engraved on the Vietnam Veterans' Memorial nor is it included in any list of U.S. soldiers missing in action in Vietnam. However, there is no doubt Major A. Peter Dewey was the first American soldier to die in what would eventually become America's most controversial war. This is the story of Operation Embankment, a secret State Department mission, which Dewey led into the French colony of Indochina at the end of World War II.
Operational Groups Field Manual
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Author : Oss Reproduction Branch
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1944-04-25
Operational Groups Field Manual written by Oss Reproduction Branch and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1944-04-25 with categories.
The Second World War era Office of Strategic Services (OSS) was the forerunner of today's CIA. During the war the organisation planned and executed thousands of covert operations behind enemy lines from North Africa to Europe to Asia. This publication reproduces the famous OSS' 1944 "Operational Groups" Field Manual. OSS Operational Groups were made up of foreign language-speaking operatives trained to operate as special forces units in occupied territory. Operational Groups organized resistance groups, trained them, organized supply drops of weapons and ordnance, then led them in attacks against enemy targets. The OSS Operational Groups Field Manual describes the selection, training and operational employment of Operational Group personnel. Classified "Secret" in its day, this manual was only fully declassified in the past few years. This is near-perfect reproduction of the original publication with all wartime classification markings intact. With the originals all but extinct outside the US National Archives' OSS collection, this series is a must-have for any military scholar or for special operations or intelligence community personnel wishing to honor their heritage. The titles available in this series include: Special Operations Field Manual Operational Groups Field Manual Simple Sabotage Field Manual Secret Intelligence Field Manual Morale Operations Field Manual Maritime Unit Field Manual