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Operation Paperclip

Operation Paperclip was a secret United States intelligence program in which more than 1,600 German scientists, engineers, and technicians were taken from former Nazi Germany to the US between 1945 and 1959 for government employment after the end of World War II in Europe; several were confirmed to be former members of the Nazi Party, including the SS or…

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related to Similar operations · 75
Operation Paperclip → Air Disarmament Wing, Allied, Allied-occupied Germany, Alsos Mission, American, An, An Anglo-American, Anglo/US, April, British, Camp Ashcan, Camp Dustbin, Communism, Cuxhaven, Eastern Europe, ECLIPSE, Erfurt, Europe, Fedden Mission, FIAT
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Operation Paperclip → Air Staff-2, Allied, April, Bavaria, Camp Dustbin, Enemy Personnel Exploitation Section, Force, Frankfurt, German, In, In February, In November, Japanese, JCS, JIOA, Joint Intelligence Community, July, June, Kransberg Castle, Operation Overcast
related to Marshall Space Flight Center · 34
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related to Identification and Paperclip · 30
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related to Major awards (in the United States) · 20
Operation Paperclip → After, Arthur Rudolph, Award, Braun, Defense, Defense Distinguished Civilian Service, Department, Eberhard Rees, Ernst Geissler, Kurt Debus, Medal, NASA, NASA Distinguished Service Medal, National Aeronautics, Siegfried Knemeyer, Space Administration, The Department, The NASA Distinguished Service, United States Department, Wernher
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Operation Paperclip → CIA, Democracy Now, Eric Lichtblau, FBI Secretly Sheltered Nazi, Fort Bliss, Holocaust Living History Collection, In Cold War, Nazis, October, Paperclip, San Diego, Spy Agencies Used, The Nazis Next Door, The New York Times, War Criminals

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