Operation Paperclip

MAIN EPISODE On this episode we talk about one of the darkest patches on US history and a pan-atlantic collusion that could have been the driving force behind the global actions of military, scientific and political powers for the last 70 years, Operation Paperclip. In the last days of WW2 the Nazi elite were wondering what their future would look like. Impending trials for war crimes would definitely be a possibility; and some took the opportunity by pawning their military and scientific knowledge in exchange for freedom and exclusion from prosecution in Nuremberg. Operation Overcast and later Operation Paperclip was the US intelligence services plan to gain as much Nazi engineering, military, scientific and espionage intelligence they could before the Russians. Flocks of now ex-Nazis with no fuhrer to guide them, ran into the arms of the waiting US and Russian soldiers on both sides of Germany. They were interviewed and spilled all the info for a chance to be installed into US military intelligence, and in some cases, get to stay living in Germany spying on the USSR from their own home town. The US has had a shady history at the best of times, but harbouring Nazis and cooperating with them as they greatly advance the space program, increase military might, give intel and previous files owned by the SS to the US intelligence community and eventually become revered members of western society, made a lot of people suspicious of the motives of these ex-Nazis. Names liek Wernher Von Braun, Josef Mengele, Arthur Rudolph and Klaud Barbie are just a couple of the 1600 scientists brought to the states for their knowledge. But on this episode we argue the ethics of sucha an information acquisition, how the scientific experiments done on prisoners of war can be not only flawed but just cruel torture; and the collusion of huge respected organisation to smuggle uninterred Nazis out of Germany to escape prosecution in a program known as the Ratlines. Presented by Gordo, Gareth Stack and Emmet Quinn Thanks to HelloFresh for sponsoring our podcast. Get $30 off your first weeks order by visiting www.hellofresh.com and using the promo code TCG30 Email us with comments or questions info@thoseconspiracyguys.com Visit our website for all our sources and TCG news at http://www.thoseconspiracyguys.com If you're on Twitter follow http://www.twitter.com/tconspiracyguys @tconspiracyguys is Gordo @garethstack is Gareth and @totallyw is Emmet Send us your links, questions and comments on Facebook and we reply to as many people as we can http://www.facebook.com/thoseconspiracyguys If you heard something you want to know more about, we have videos on all our sources and we also host a live show over on our YouTube channel so you can subscribe to that at http://www.youtube.com/thoseconspiracyguys and get all the updates Other sources available on Pinterest at http://www.pinterest.com/tconspiracyguys Connect with us on other social media like Snapchat, Periscope, Anchor, Minds.com and you can see our Instagram profile here: http://www.instagram.com/thoseconspiracyguys Head over to our subreddit and see what the community is up to at http://www.reddit.com/r/thoseconspiracyguys We also have a new video home on http://www.vid.me/thoseconspiracyguys where loads of other creators are making a new place to upload and monetise their videos. Its one to watch! We will also be streaming shows to Twitch soon so head to http://www.twitch.tv/thoseconspiracyguys to get live shows and join in the craic If you are really loving the show you can buy merchandise at http://goo.gl/xHXYWg which is a link to our TeePublic store where you can get hundreds of conspiracy designs Also you can support us by visiting http://www.patreon.com/thoseconspiracyguys and your donations help keep the show alive and thriving, you get discounts on merchandise, outtakes, early releases and a backstage pass to a live TCG discussion show every month plus loads more. We also have a new podcast on the way in the coming weeks all about Movies, TV and Video Games called 'Why Press Play' and you can find us onany platform by searching WhyPressPlay