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'''TICOM''' ('''Target Intelligence Committee''') was a project formed in World War II by the United States to find and seize German intelligence assets, particularly signals intelligence and cryptographic ones. | '''TICOM''' ('''Target Intelligence Committee''') was a project formed in World War II by the United States to find and seize German intelligence assets, particularly signals intelligence and cryptographic ones. | ||
It operated alongside other Western Allied efforts to extract German scientific and technological information and personnel during and after the war, including Operation Paperclip (for rocketry), Operation Alsos (for nuclear information) and Operation Surgeon (for avionics). | It operated alongside other Western Allied efforts to extract German scientific and technological information and personnel during and after the war, including [[Operation Paperclip (nonfiction)|Operation Paperclip]] (for rocketry), [[Operation Alsos (nonfiction)|Operation Alsos]] (for nuclear information) and [[Operation Surgeon (nonfiction)|Operation Surgeon]] (for avionics). | ||
Competition with the Soviet Union for these same spoils of war was intense. | Competition with the Soviet Union for these same spoils of war was intense. | ||
Revision as of 19:56, 17 April 2017
TICOM (Target Intelligence Committee) was a project formed in World War II by the United States to find and seize German intelligence assets, particularly signals intelligence and cryptographic ones.
It operated alongside other Western Allied efforts to extract German scientific and technological information and personnel during and after the war, including Operation Paperclip (for rocketry), Operation Alsos (for nuclear information) and Operation Surgeon (for avionics).
Competition with the Soviet Union for these same spoils of war was intense.
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- CW complex @ Wikipedia