Operation Paperclip was a secret U.S. program after World War II. It brought over 1,500 German and Austrian scientists to the United States. Many had been members of the Nazi Party. They worked on military, aeronautics, and space research. Their Nazi pasts were ignored so the U.S. could use their expertise and keep it from the Soviet Union.
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Operation Osoaviakhim was a secret Soviet program after World War II. Over 2,500 German scientists, engineers, and technicians and their families were taken from the Soviet zone of Germany to the USSR.
They worked on Soviet military, weapons, and rocket technology. The goal was to use German expertise to strengthen the USSR and keep it from falling into Western hands.
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