Operation Paperclip: The Covert Project That Welcomed Nazis Into America With Open Arms 💟

When WWIIended, the United States government decided that it hated communism more than it hated Nazis the US' enemy during the war. Many leadersabhorred the thought of communistcountries recruiting Third Reich scientists for their own designs. Thus,Operation Paperclipwas started to bring in any former Third Reich scientist itcould find. America wanted to ensurethe advanced military technology the WWII Germany scientistshad developed would not fall into Soviethands. The secret intelligence programwas run by theJoint Intelligence Objectives Agency andbrought more than1,600Nazi scientists (and their families) to America. With them came rocket systems like theV-2, whichwas developed to terror bomb London during the war. They also brought research and knowledge about jet aircraft technology, chemical weapons, and biological weapons. Often, these former followers of Hitlerhad worked onprojects involving human experiments during WWII,usingJewish people and prison laborers as lab rats from various concentration camps. Yet the United States chose to overlookthese crimes and even obfuscated the records of these people that were brought into America. To learn more about Operation Paperclip and its impact on US history, read on. Photo: Metaweb/CC-BY 0:00 - Intro 0:00:08 - Two Of The Men Brought To US Soil By Operation Paperclip Were Honored With Moon Craters Named After Them 0:00:18 - Nazi War Criminals Were Given A Safe Haven In The US 0:00:31 - The Concentration Camp Butcher Became A NASA Doctor 0:00:45 - Some War Crimes Were Covered Up 0:00:56 - A Key NASA Rocket Scientist Was Brought To The US In The Operation 0:01:10 - They Went On To Develop Some Of America's Favorite Products 0:01:23 - Dr. Heinz Schlicke Started As A POW And Turned Into An American Collaborator 0:01:33 - A Possible War With The Soviets Motivated The Program 0:02:34 - Operation Paperclip Was A Mission To Recruit Former Followers Of Hitler ▶️ MUSIC BY: https://bit.ly/DreamHeaven 💟About Toparc---------- Our Toparc team creates selections of ten, twenty, or more top stars, athletes, musicians, events, places, and much more. Update every day, join and you will learn many interesting things! 💟Subscribe----------    / @toparc364   💟Big thanks for free music goes to DreamHeaven---------- https://bit.ly/DreamHeaven