Before the dust had settled on one of the worst conflicts in human history, German scientists were being targeted by the United States for capture and relocation to the United States under a secret project called "Operation Paperclip".
They were not to be tried for war crimes, but, rather, were seen as potentially useful assets for developing various top-secret technological programs for the United States, and, arguably more importantly, denying the rising threat of the Soviet Union the same benefit.
Some of these scientists had rather shady pasts, to say the least. But, as President Truman would later explain "this had to be done and was done".
Let's take a quick look at some of the most notable technological outputs of this program, and investigate why "Operation Paperclip" remains one of the most controversial government programs of all time.
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