The story of Operation Paperclip

Post-war U.S. program that brought at least 1,600 German scientists and their dependents to the United States, through Paperclip and its successor projects.

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1945

Operation Paperclip. Post-war U.S. program that brought at least 1,600 German scientists and their dependents to the United States, through Paperclip and its successor projects.

Operation Paperclip involved Joint Intelligence Objectives Agency, Bosquet N. Wev and Wernher von Braun.

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