Espionage in WWII: Operation Jedburgh
Pre-WWII Spies - Pre WWII, espionage apparatus = primitive and weak - G-2 / ONI - FDR creates COI http://showblogs.syfy.com/caprican/opinion/corporate-espionage-is-it-going- too-far.php - FDR chooses William “Wild Bill” Donovan as head http://eofdreams.com/spy.html http://blog.enotes. com/2011/05/03/i-spy-ten-of- the-best-works-about- espionage/
The OSS (Office of Strategic Services) OSS Symbol http://www.teslasociety.com/arthur_photos.htm http://www.flyingtigerssurplus.com/office-of-the- OSS strategic-services-oss-wwii-patch.html - OCI → OSS http://en.wikipedia. Officers org/wiki/Office_of_Strategic_Services - Mission: analyze strategic info and launch secret operations to put officers behind enemy lines - Five main divisions (SO, R&A, SI, MO, X-2) - Successful for employing tons of people and creating something that had never existed in US - Truman terminated it when he came into office
The SOE (Special Operations Executive) - Founded in 1940 for sabotage http://resources.woodlands- missions around Europe and junior.kent.sch. uk/geography/unionjack.html Asia - Specialties: cryptography, sabotage missions, disinformation - Success: Poland, Norway, Asia, Burma, Malaya - Head: Brigadier Gubbins http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2002360/The-Lionheart-stole- - Junction with OSS → Nazi--heart-woman.html Jedburghs
Jedburghs - Their Mission http://atmviheo.blogspot.com/2011/05/home-again-home-again-jiggity-jig.html - US involvement in France pre- Jedburghs - Mission: help resistance movement in France - How should OSS and SOE deal with D- Day? • Two options - End Game: meet and help Maquis (guerrilla fighters) behind enemy lines
Operation Jedburgh - Names: BRUCE, JEAN- MARIE, QUININE, AMMONIA, VEGANIN - The story of BRUCE and other teams like it This is Team Frederick Left: Robert Kehoe (OSS) Middle: Adrian Wise (SOE) Right: Paul Bloch-Auroch (French Lieutenant
Jedburghs - Training Morse telegraphy class at Milton http://olive-drab.com/od_history_ww2_stories_jedburghs. php - SOE, OSS, and Radio Operator -Selection Qualifications -Winnowing Selection Process -Mental and Physical Training -Milton Hall -Tests Milton Hall -Ready http://en. -Bravery wikipedia. org/wiki/Milton_H all
Tools and Technologies Special Gadgets Everyday Items 1. False footprint -Variation sneakers -Pistol 2. Breathing apparatus 3. Sten gun with silencer -Carbine 4. Secret shaving cream -Ammo tube -Binoculars 5. Exploding rat 6. Plaster logs -Money Belt 7. Secret cork -Flashlight 8. Disguise -Escape Kit 9. Exploding suitcase 10. sleeve gun -Tobacco 11. Sleeping Beauty -Map Case canoe 12. Secret key -Uniform/Camo -Radio Contact all pics from: http://www.bbc.co. uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/soe_gallery_01. -Learning Morse Code shtml
Succesful? -The Jedburghs Were Vital -Stopping Trains -Radio Interception -Germans Feared the Allied Forces http://forum.iron-front. com/archive/index.php/t-1525. html http://secureanr.mediaspanonline. com/forthuachuca/special2/Fort- begins-year-long-MI-commemoration
Jedburghs and OSS Post-WWII -Declassified in 1985 -What’s next for a Jedburgh? -CIA Director -1st Special Forces Commander -Institution of U.S. Army Special Forces http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Will -Officers’ Opinions iam_Colby
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