The Joint Intelligence Objectives Agency (JIOA)

As World War II was approaching its conclusion, anticipation for after effects rose at an increasingly fast rate. As a result, the power’s of the world carefully observed and analyzed every move made, making sure that their strategies were superior and difficult to conquer. It was all due to the fact that there would be little rest for the Cold War would commence. The Allied Forces took the initiative and began preparing and formulating different ways to take Germany’s intelligence and technologies. An organization called the Joint Intelligence Objectives Agency (JIOA), composed of American and British troops, came up with the plan to strip Germany from their military, technological, and scientific developments by taking all of their geniuses, and thus Operation Paperclip commenced. Approximately 1,600 scientists and their families were
Personally, I found this plan igneous and extremely well thought out. Germany was at their peak of technological development and was home to very profound intelligence who played key roles in Hitler’s reich. Essentially, they were the mastermind of the war, so what better way to advance than by taking and using them? By having them on one’s side, it was guaranteed that they would have more clever strategies that were close to perfect. There is a couple bad points about this, however. Firstly, these scientist were behind many inhumane medical experiments at concentration camps and other war crimes, thus they already have stained names. They were basically used to kill more, adding more blood to their quota. I wonder what America was thinking about at that time because they were forced to work side by side with their former enemies. It may have been both enlightening and uncomfortable for both parties. Nevertheless, Operation Paperclip was deemed successful in bringing victory because of the additional intelligence provided by the german