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Archive Home > 2009 > August > 23 > Barbara Podoski worked for the OSS during World War II

Barbara Podoski worked for the OSS during World War II

Operative helped wage psychological war against the Germans

By Patricia Sullivan / The Bulletin
August 23, 2009

WASHINGTON " Barbara Lauwers Podoski, who launched one of the most successful psychological operations campaigns of World War II, which resulted in the surrender of more than 600 Czechoslovakian soldiers fighting for the Germans, died of cardiovascular disease Aug. 16 at the Veterans....

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