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Title: United States. Office of Strategic Services. Special Operations Branch. Western Europe Section reports
Dates: 1944-1945
Collection Number: 76015
Creator: United States. Office of Strategic Services. Special Operations Branch. Western Europe Section.
Collection Size:
5 manuscript boxes
(1.8 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Reports relating to sabotage and resistance liaison activities in German-occupied France of agents of the Western Europe Section
of the Special Operations Branch of the United States Office of Strategic Services
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives
Languages: In
English
Original reports (Boxes 1-3) closed. Use copies available in boxes 4-5.
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[Identification of item], United States. Office of Strategic Services. Special Operations Branch. Western Europe Section reports,
[Box number], Hoover Institution Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1976.
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of boxes listed in this finding aid.
The Special Operations Branch of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) was established in January 1942. Authorized by the
OSS to conduct undercover operations in support of planned military operations, agents of the Western Europe Section of the
Special Operations Branch mainly served in German-occupied France.
Scope and Content of Collection
Reports related to sabotage and resistance liaison activities in German-occupied France of agents of the Western Europe Section
of the Special Operations Branch of the Office of Strategic Services.
Individual reports contain agents' descriptions of activities in the field. Some folders also include complete mission reports,
maps of operational areas and photographs taken in the field. The original documents in boxes 1-3 are closed; use copies are
available in boxes 4-5.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Secret service--United States.
World War, 1939-1945--France.
World War, 1939-1945--Secret service.
World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements.
France--History--German occupation, 1940-1945.