Utterly interesting

In the sweltering summer of 1945, as the embers of World War II cooled and the ruins of Europe still smouldered, a quiet convoy wound its way into the heart of the United States. On board were not defeated soldiers or displaced refugees, but German scientists (some of them former Nazis) who would soon be tasked with building America’s future. It wasn’t a coincidence. It was Operation Paperclip: a covert US intelligence programme that recruited over 1,600 scientists, engineers