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Dossier No. 05 · Compromise — blackmail

Operation Most III

Recycling enemy brains!

classified
Protagonist
Polish resistance / Operation Paperclip
Period
1944-1959
Nature
Recovery
Main location
Sarnaki, Poland · Poland
MICE motive
Compromise — blackmail

In 1944, the Polish resistance recovered an intact V2-A4 rocket and smuggled it out to London. In its wake, Operation Paperclip transferred more than 1,600 German scientists (von Braun among them) to the United States — the foundation of the space race and of NASA.

On the ground

  • Sarnaki (V2-A4)
  • London
  • Éperlecques Blockhaus
  • Fort Bliss, USA

Route: Sarnaki → London · London → Fort Bliss, USA

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