View Single Post
Unread 08-17-2012, 11:11 PM   #1
mrerick
Super Moderator - Patron
LugerForum
Life Patron
 
mrerick's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Eastern North Carolina, USA
Posts: 3,920
Thanks: 1,377
Thanked 3,135 Times in 1,518 Posts
Default OSS Agents Behind the Lines

The recent posting about OSS Railroad sabotage testing got me looking around for more of their work.

On the archive.org site I found a couple of films that are a fascinating look into the challenges of working behind the lines in Europe.

The first is a training film for agents preparing to work under deep cover. It's done using actors in Hollywood style of the time. Watch for the appearance of Lugers...

http://archive.org/details/gov.archives.arc.39979


The second is a record of the testimony of an American OSS officer that worked with a British SAS team just after D-Day preparing for sabotage and insurrection in Brittany, France. His recall of detail is riveting...

http://archive.org/details/gov.archives.arc.4713777

Marc
__________________
Igitur si vis pacem, para bellum -
- Therefore if you want peace, prepare for war.
mrerick is offline   Reply With Quote
The following 3 members says Thank You to mrerick for your post: