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Operation Paperclip: How the U.S. Recruited Nazi Scientists After World War II

OPeration Paperclip

Operation Paperclip was the postwar U.S. programme that brought German scientists, engineers, and technical specialists into American military and space-linked work after World War II. The public case was strategic necessity. The official record shows a documented conflict between exclusion rules, adverse security information, and the strategic demand for technical capability.