Operation Paperclip - Revision history

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	'''Operation Paperclip''', also known as '''Operation Overcast''', was a [[Central Intelligence Agency\|CIA]] operation to recruit [[German Reich (1933–1945)\|Nazis]] after [[Second World War\|World War II]]. Approximately 1,600 scientists were recruited, including some former leaders of the [[National Socialist German Workers' Party\|Nazi Party]].<ref>{{Citation\|author=Annie Jacobsen\|year=2014\|title=Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program to Bring Nazi Scientists to America\|page=ix\|city=New York City\|publisher=Little, Brown and Company\|isbn=9780316221054\|title-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UyWe4zFhmVwC&printsec=frontcover&dq=isbn:9780316221054&hl=de&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjBtYad2MP1AhU9JTQIHa9PDQwQ6AF6BAgCEAI#v=onepage&q&f=false}}</ref> Some well-known Nazis recruited in the operation were [[Wernher von Braun]],<ref>{{News citation\|journalist=Michael J. Neufeld\|date=2019-05-20\|title=Wernher von Braun and the Nazis\|url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/chasing-moon-wernher-von-braun-and-nazis/\|newspaper=American Experience\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211225062131/https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/chasing-moon-wernher-von-braun-and-nazis/\|archive-date=2021-12-25\|retrieved=2022-01-21}}</ref> [[Kurt Debus]],<ref>{{News citation\|journalist=Martin Koch\|date=1995-08-26\|title=Die Operation "Paperclip"\|newspaper=BerlinOnline\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030422215529/http://www.berlinonline.de/berliner-zeitung/archiv/.bin/dump.fcgi/1995/0826/chefredaktion/0010/index.html\|archive-date=2003-04-22}}</ref> ~~and~~ [[Arthur Rudolph]].<ref>{{News citation\|date=1949-01-13\|title=Arthur Louis Hugo Rudolph\|url=https://vault.fbi.gov/Arthur%20Rudolph%20/Arthur%20Rudolph%20Part%201%20of%201/view\|newspaper=Federal Bureau of Investigation\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116061133/https://vault.fbi.gov/Arthur%20Rudolph%20/Arthur%20Rudolph%20Part%201%20of%201/view\|archive-date=2021-01-16\|retrieved=2022-01-21}}</ref>		'''Operation Paperclip''', also known as '''Operation Overcast''', was a [[Central Intelligence Agency\|CIA]] operation to recruit [[German Reich (1933–1945)\|Nazis]] after [[Second World War\|World War II]]. Approximately 1,600 scientists were recruited, including some former leaders of the [[National Socialist German Workers' Party\|Nazi Party]].<ref>{{Citation\|author=Annie Jacobsen\|year=2014\|title=Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program to Bring Nazi Scientists to America\|page=ix\|city=New York City\|publisher=Little, Brown and Company\|isbn=9780316221054\|title-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UyWe4zFhmVwC&printsec=frontcover&dq=isbn:9780316221054&hl=de&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjBtYad2MP1AhU9JTQIHa9PDQwQ6AF6BAgCEAI#v=onepage&q&f=false}}</ref> Some well-known Nazis recruited in the operation were [[Wernher von Braun]],<ref>{{News citation\|journalist=Michael J. Neufeld\|date=2019-05-20\|title=Wernher von Braun and the Nazis\|url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/chasing-moon-wernher-von-braun-and-nazis/\|newspaper=American Experience\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211225062131/https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/chasing-moon-wernher-von-braun-and-nazis/\|archive-date=2021-12-25\|retrieved=2022-01-21}}</ref> [[Kurt Debus]],<ref>{{News citation\|journalist=Martin Koch\|date=1995-08-26\|title=Die Operation "Paperclip"\|newspaper=BerlinOnline\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030422215529/http://www.berlinonline.de/berliner-zeitung/archiv/.bin/dump.fcgi/1995/0826/chefredaktion/0010/index.html\|archive-date=2003-04-22}}</ref> [[Arthur Rudolph]],<ref>{{News citation\|date=1949-01-13\|title=Arthur Louis Hugo Rudolph\|url=https://vault.fbi.gov/Arthur%20Rudolph%20/Arthur%20Rudolph%20Part%201%20of%201/view\|newspaper=Federal Bureau of Investigation\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116061133/https://vault.fbi.gov/Arthur%20Rudolph%20/Arthur%20Rudolph%20Part%201%20of%201/view\|archive-date=2021-01-16\|retrieved=2022-01-21}}</ref> and [[Reinhard Gehlen]]. In total, 10,000 Nazi war criminals entered the [[United States of America\|USA]] after the war in addition to thousands of [[Independent State of Croatia\|Croatian]], [[Kingdom of Hungary (1920–1946)\|Hungarian]], and [[Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists\|Ukrainian]] [[Fascism\|fascists]] and helped the USA organize intelligence operations against the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)\|Soviet Union]].<ref name=":0223323">{{Citation\|author=Ludo Martens\|year=1996\|title=Another View of Stalin\|chapter=From Stalin to Khrushchev\|isbn=9782872620814\|publisher=Editions EPO\|pdf=https://gateway.ipfs.io/ipfs/bafykbzaceab64vxtxpqt2cdl4zsrsftmedqidn4foq74gr25qkd35z5nwogdi?filename=Ludo%20Martens%20-%20Another%20View%20of%20Stalin-Editions%20EPO%20%281996%29.pdf\|page=240–241}}</ref>

	== References ==		== References ==
	[[Category:CIA operations]]		[[Category:CIA operations]]

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	'''Operation Paperclip''', also known as '''Operation Overcast''', was a [[Central Intelligence Agency\|CIA]] operation to recruit [[~~Nazism~~\|Nazis]] after [[Second World War\|World War II]]. Approximately 1,600 scientists were recruited, including some former leaders of the [[National Socialist German Workers' Party\|Nazi Party]].<ref>{{Citation\|author=Annie Jacobsen\|year=2014\|title=Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program to Bring Nazi Scientists to America\|page=ix\|city=New York City\|publisher=Little, Brown and Company\|isbn=9780316221054\|title-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UyWe4zFhmVwC&printsec=frontcover&dq=isbn:9780316221054&hl=de&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjBtYad2MP1AhU9JTQIHa9PDQwQ6AF6BAgCEAI#v=onepage&q&f=false}}</ref> Some well-known Nazis recruited in the operation were [[Wernher von Braun]],<ref>{{News citation\|journalist=Michael J. Neufeld\|date=2019-05-20\|title=Wernher von Braun and the Nazis\|url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/chasing-moon-wernher-von-braun-and-nazis/\|newspaper=American Experience\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211225062131/https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/chasing-moon-wernher-von-braun-and-nazis/\|archive-date=2021-12-25\|retrieved=2022-01-21}}</ref> [[Kurt Debus]],<ref>{{News citation\|journalist=Martin Koch\|date=1995-08-26\|title=Die Operation "Paperclip"\|newspaper=BerlinOnline\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030422215529/http://www.berlinonline.de/berliner-zeitung/archiv/.bin/dump.fcgi/1995/0826/chefredaktion/0010/index.html\|archive-date=2003-04-22}}</ref> and [[Arthur Rudolph]].<ref>{{News citation\|date=1949-01-13\|title=Arthur Louis Hugo Rudolph\|url=https://vault.fbi.gov/Arthur%20Rudolph%20/Arthur%20Rudolph%20Part%201%20of%201/view\|newspaper=Federal Bureau of Investigation\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116061133/https://vault.fbi.gov/Arthur%20Rudolph%20/Arthur%20Rudolph%20Part%201%20of%201/view\|archive-date=2021-01-16\|retrieved=2022-01-21}}</ref>		'''Operation Paperclip''', also known as '''Operation Overcast''', was a [[Central Intelligence Agency\|CIA]] operation to recruit [[German Reich (1933–1945)\|Nazis]] after [[Second World War\|World War II]]. Approximately 1,600 scientists were recruited, including some former leaders of the [[National Socialist German Workers' Party\|Nazi Party]].<ref>{{Citation\|author=Annie Jacobsen\|year=2014\|title=Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program to Bring Nazi Scientists to America\|page=ix\|city=New York City\|publisher=Little, Brown and Company\|isbn=9780316221054\|title-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UyWe4zFhmVwC&printsec=frontcover&dq=isbn:9780316221054&hl=de&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjBtYad2MP1AhU9JTQIHa9PDQwQ6AF6BAgCEAI#v=onepage&q&f=false}}</ref> Some well-known Nazis recruited in the operation were [[Wernher von Braun]],<ref>{{News citation\|journalist=Michael J. Neufeld\|date=2019-05-20\|title=Wernher von Braun and the Nazis\|url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/chasing-moon-wernher-von-braun-and-nazis/\|newspaper=American Experience\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211225062131/https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/chasing-moon-wernher-von-braun-and-nazis/\|archive-date=2021-12-25\|retrieved=2022-01-21}}</ref> [[Kurt Debus]],<ref>{{News citation\|journalist=Martin Koch\|date=1995-08-26\|title=Die Operation "Paperclip"\|newspaper=BerlinOnline\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030422215529/http://www.berlinonline.de/berliner-zeitung/archiv/.bin/dump.fcgi/1995/0826/chefredaktion/0010/index.html\|archive-date=2003-04-22}}</ref> and [[Arthur Rudolph]].<ref>{{News citation\|date=1949-01-13\|title=Arthur Louis Hugo Rudolph\|url=https://vault.fbi.gov/Arthur%20Rudolph%20/Arthur%20Rudolph%20Part%201%20of%201/view\|newspaper=Federal Bureau of Investigation\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116061133/https://vault.fbi.gov/Arthur%20Rudolph%20/Arthur%20Rudolph%20Part%201%20of%201/view\|archive-date=2021-01-16\|retrieved=2022-01-21}}</ref>

	== References ==		== References ==
	[[Category:CIA operations]]		[[Category:CIA operations]]

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'''Operation Paperclip''', also known as '''Operation Overcast''', was a [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] operation to recruit [[Nazism|Nazis]] after [[Second World War|World War II]]. Approximately 1,600 scientists were recruited, including some former leaders of the [[National Socialist German Workers' Party|Nazi Party]].<ref>{{Citation|author=Annie Jacobsen|year=2014|title=Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program to Bring Nazi Scientists to America|page=ix|city=New York City|publisher=Little, Brown and Company|isbn=9780316221054|title-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UyWe4zFhmVwC&printsec=frontcover&dq=isbn:9780316221054&hl=de&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjBtYad2MP1AhU9JTQIHa9PDQwQ6AF6BAgCEAI#v=onepage&q&f=false}}</ref> Some well-known Nazis recruited in the operation were [[Wernher von Braun]],<ref>{{News citation|journalist=Michael J. Neufeld|date=2019-05-20|title=Wernher von Braun and the Nazis|url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/chasing-moon-wernher-von-braun-and-nazis/|newspaper=American Experience|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211225062131/https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/chasing-moon-wernher-von-braun-and-nazis/|archive-date=2021-12-25|retrieved=2022-01-21}}</ref> [[Kurt Debus]],<ref>{{News citation|journalist=Martin Koch|date=1995-08-26|title=Die Operation "Paperclip"|newspaper=BerlinOnline|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030422215529/http://www.berlinonline.de/berliner-zeitung/archiv/.bin/dump.fcgi/1995/0826/chefredaktion/0010/index.html|archive-date=2003-04-22}}</ref> and [[Arthur Rudolph]].<ref>{{News citation|date=1949-01-13|title=Arthur Louis Hugo Rudolph|url=https://vault.fbi.gov/Arthur%20Rudolph%20/Arthur%20Rudolph%20Part%201%20of%201/view|newspaper=Federal Bureau of Investigation|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116061133/https://vault.fbi.gov/Arthur%20Rudolph%20/Arthur%20Rudolph%20Part%201%20of%201/view|archive-date=2021-01-16|retrieved=2022-01-21}}</ref>

== References ==
[[Category:CIA operations]]