![]() ![]() military and private industry and became U.S. Summary: Operation Paperclip was an intelligence program that brought more than sixteen hundred of Hitler’s technologists – chemists, aerospace scientists, biological weapons specialists, and industrialists – many of whom are guilty of war crimes, to the United States, where they worked for the U.S. Plus, I’m generally aware of Operation Paperclip (the project) already, so I knew Jacobsen’s work would fill in the blanks for me. ![]() I absolutely loved Jacobsen’s previous book, Area 51: An Uncensored History of America’s Top Secret Military Base, so I didn’t pause for a second before grabbing this one. Origin: I spotted Operation Paperclip, while taking a walk around Chapters. Title: Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi Scientists to America It had no bearing on the bigger plan.” (Operation Paperclip – p193 ) In the eyes of military intelligence, the fact that the scientists happened to be Nazis was incidental – a troublesome detail. Attaining supreme military power meant marshaling all the cutting-edge science and technology that could be culled from the ruins of the Reich. ![]() ![]() “The employment of German scientists was specifically and strategically aimed at achieving military supremacy over the Soviet Union before the Soviet Union was able to dominate the United States. ![]()
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