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Epic card · History
Operation Paperclip, an Epic card
Operation Paperclip was a secret United States intelligence program in which more than 1,600 German scientists, engineers, and technicians were taken from former Nazi Germany to the US between 1945 and 1959 for government employment after the end of World War II in Europe, several were confirmed to be former members…
- Rarity
- Epic
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 79
- DEF
- 84
- Power
- 163
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 820,000
Power 163 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
Operation Paperclip quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Operation Paperclip card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
In which decade?
The effort began in earnest in ____, as the Allies advanced into Germany and discovered a wealth of scientific talent and advanced research that had contributed to Germany's wartime technological advancements.
Answer
1940s. The effort began in earnest in 1945, as the Allies advanced into Germany and discovered a wealth of scientific talent and advanced research that had contributed to Germany's wartime technological advancements. From the Operation Paperclip article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Franco-Prussian War. Franco-Prussian War 88 · Aeneid 82 · Operation Paperclip 79 · Seven Wonders of the Ancient World 75 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- The effort began in earnest in 1945, as the Allies advanced into Germany and discovered a wealth of scientific talent and advanced research that had contributed to Germany's wartime technological advancements.
- The US Joint Chiefs of Staff officially established Operation Overcast on July 20, 1945, with the dual aims of leveraging German expertise for the ongoing war effort against Japan and to bolster US postwar military research.
- The operation, conducted by the Joint Intelligence Objectives Agency, was largely actioned by special agents of the US Army's Counterintelligence Corps.
Why it is Epic
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Operation Paperclip article was read about 820,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 79 and blocks with 84: each hit it takes is cut by 34 %.
How to get Operation Paperclip
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Operation Paperclip (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : NASA/photographer unknown, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
