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SOE and OSS:
Worldwide, camps trained spies in skills from camouflage to silent killing.
"Set Europe Ablaze"
This was the instruction from British Prime Minister Winston Churchill to his secret force, the Special Operations Executive (SOE). With local resistance groups, the SOE instigated action by the people of occupied Europe against their Nazi invaders.
The American Office of Strategic Services (OSS) was modeled after the SOE. Recruits possessed a rare combination of steady nerves, superb physical condition and linguistic flair -- and selectivity paid off. In 1944, OSS agents generated over 500,000 intelligence tips and smuggled 20,000 tons of supplies into occupied France. |