What was the 'OSS'?

What was the 'OSS'?

Ronald Kessler (Author of "The Terrorist Watch: Inside The Desperate Race To Stop The Next Attack") gives expert video advice on: What was the 'OSS'?; When did the OSS start?; Why did the OSS end? and more...

The OSS was mainly a paramilitary organization, which would use covert means to go after the enemy, namely Nazi Germany. It really didn't do much in the way of gathering intelligence. And some of its methods were rather silly. They would have these devices that would create huge stink bombs and stuff like that. So it was sort of very rudimentary, but it was the beginnings of the CIA.