Entity / Program

Operation Paperclip

The U.S. program that brought selected German specialists to the United States after World War II.

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Investigation

Operation Paperclip

After World War II, the United States recruited selected German specialists. The technical story is inseparable from screening records, Nazi affiliations, and the Cold War rationale.

Relationship trail

Operation Paperclip administered Joint Intelligence Objectives Agency Operation Paperclip entered through Wernher von Braun Operation Paperclip connected to V-2 rocket program

Source metadata

Implementation of the Nazi War Crimes Disclosure ActU.S. National Archives · Government history Records of the Secretary of Defense (RG 330)U.S. National Archives · Government history