In the series, "Operation Paperclip" is frequently mentioned, alluding to a secret government program to recruit Nazi scientists. Here's the true story behind the operation. Aside from the very real ...

“Hunters,” the new Amazon Prime series about vigilante Nazi hunters in the 1970s, is an example of historical fiction: meaning it’s not a true story, but it uses real historical events as a backdrop.

In this episode of LA Made: Blood Sweat & Rockets, we inspect government subterfuge when the United States enacts a top secret operation to expand its rocket research after the fall of Nazi Germany.

After WWII, the world’s most dangerous secrets scattered to hidden corners of the Earth. From Byrd’s sealed files in ...

When Apollo 11 landed on the moon in 1969, its rocket scientists were named American heroes. But just years earlier, more than one had been our enemy. In the 1940s, some of these celebrated U.S.

In the final months of World War II, the United States undertook an enormous effort to attract Nazi scientists to the U.S. Writer Annie Jacobsen's... The Secret Operation To Bring Nazi Scientists To ...

It took a herculean effort to launch mankind into outerspace. The people behind a project known as Operation: Paperclip are the main reason why we were able to reach for and grab the stars. Strap in ...

Most of us, hearing words like “secret,” “CIA” and “coverup” tend to immediately imagine tinfoil-hat wearing conspiracy theorists. More often than not then not, this is the case, but to paraphrase the ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: America did built some of its weapons based on what it learned from the Nazis, but overall the haul was disappointing. Before the guns fell silent in 1945, the Allies had ...