OSS Headquarters London
Grosvenor Square, in the exclusive Mayfair district of the city, is where during World War II most of the Americans could be found. ...
22
May
03
May
Ryder Street
We found the building that housed OSS Counterespionage, known as X-2, during World War II ...
02
Mar
Women in WWII
This week I attended an excellent program called "Beyond Rosie: Women in World War II", a traveling exhibit at the Kennesaw University Museum of History and Holocaust Education. ...
17
Jan
German and American Legations in Stockholm
Like the American Legation during World War II, the German Legation had several locations for their offices. I am trying to clarify what was where....
14
Nov
The Fighting 69th
(1940) This movie is about the World War I exploits of the 69th Infantry Regiment, a military unit dating back to before the Civil War, primarily of Irish-Americans from New York City....
06
Nov
Bellmansro
A restaurant in Stockholm that has been mentioned in OSS Stockholm wartime reports is the Bellmansro....
04
Nov
Östermalm
Östermalm is another district in Stockholm where much of the activity occurred for the Americans who worked at the American Legation and the OSS....
23
Oct
Regnbågen
According to a 1945 OSS report I discovered in the National Archives, the Gestapo was said to have its meeting place in Stockholm in a restaurant called Regnbågen. The word Regnbågen translates to mean Rainbow. Today the building houses the "Spy Bar."...
21
Oct
Penetration
When I was going through sixty-year-old files and boxes from WWII OSS Stockholm at the National Archives this past week, I found several references to "Penetration" of the USAAF Internees by German agents. ...