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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> [[Arthur Rudolph]] | '''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]] | ||