Do The Ends Justify The Means? Operation Paperclip

Bob Mayer
Bob Mayer
Nov 1 · 1 min read

At the end of World War II, there was a race between the Russians and the Americans to plunder the scientific knowledge of the Nazi regime. Operation Paperclip was the code name this technically illegal program operated under.

The was also Unit 731 run by the Japanese that focused on biological warfare and conducted experiments that rivaled anything the Nazis were doing.

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Granddad of 2 future leaders in the Resistance against the Machines; feeder Cool Gus; West Point; Special Ops Vet; NY Times bestseller www.bobmayer.com

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