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Operation Surgeon was a British post-Second World War programme to exploit German aeronautics and deny German technical skills to the Soviet Union. A list of 1,500 German scientists and technicians was drawn up. Policy was to forcibly remove "whether they liked it or not" the scientists from Germany to lessen the risk of them falling into enemy hands.〔(Description of AVIA 54/1403 ) by National Archives〕 It was feared that if they were allowed to remain in Germany they might enable the Soviet Union to "achieve a long range bomber force superior to any other in the world".〔 ("UK 'fears' over German scientists" ) BBC NewsUK 31 March 2006 〕 Of the removed scientists in the years 1946-1947, 100 chose to work for the UK. Many of the listed scientists had already at the inception of the operation offered their services to British Commonwealth countries, Sweden, Switzerland, Brazil and South America, and regarded working for the Soviet Union as a last resort if stopped from working in Germany and unable to find employment elsewhere in the west. British records of the operation were made public in 2006. ==See also== *T-Force * Similar (but separate) attempts to remove German technical information and personnel after the war were: * *Operation Paperclip - US removal of German rocketry experts and materials. * *TICOM (cryptography) * *Operation Alsos (nuclear weapons) * *Operation Osoaviakhim 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Operation Surgeon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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