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Project Paperclip, or Operation Paperclip was a U.S. government operation to rescue German military, scientific and intelligence personnel from prosecution for war crimes after the defeat of Nazi Germany. They were then employed as specialists for the United States government.
Scientists, such as Dr. Wernher von Braun, built the rocket that landed the first American on the moon. Intelligence personnel such as Reinhard Gehlen were entrusted with arming the Banderite organization in Ukraine to conduct an armed insurrection against the Soviet Union. Military personnel such a Gen. Adolf Heusinger became NATO chief-of-staff.
References
House, Justin, et al. History of the World. New York: Random House, 1977.