Operation Paperclip
1945 · Event
The US begins bringing German and Austrian scientists and engineers — von Braun's rocket team above all — to America; an often-cited 1,600 are recruited over the following years, some with their Nazi pasts obscured or downplayed.
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- Battle of Britain (1940)
- Apartheid (1948)
- Chinese Civil War (resumed) (1945)
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- World War II (1939)