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T-Force
T-Force was the operational arm of a joint US Army–British Army mission to secure German scientific and industrial technology before it could be destroyed by retreating German forces or looters during the final stages of the Second World War and its aftermath. Key personnel were also to be seized and targets of opportunity exploited when encountered. The effort was a business and technology-oriented parallel of sorts to the Monuments Men pursuit of art and financial treasure. The program was designed to loot German intellectual assets and impede its ability to compete in the postwar political and economic spheres while giving a boost to the nations conducting it.The GuardianHow T-Force abducted Germany's best brains for Britain/ref> Though unacknowledged at the time, the T-Force mission also included preventing advanced Nazi technology from falling into the hands of the Soviet Union—destroying whatever could not be seized and spirited away before Red Army troops arrived. T-Fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1269th Engineer Combat Battalion
The 1269th Engineer Combat Battalion was an engineer combat battalion that served in the United States Army in the European Theater of Operations during World War II. It saw action in France and Germany, serving notably with the Army's T-Force intelligence assault force in the capture of German atomic weapons facilities and personnel as part of Operation Big. History Formation The 1269th Engineer Combat Battalion was activated at Camp Chaffee, Arkansas on 30 March 1944. A senior cadre was organized under the command of Major Willard White. In April a core unit of 18-year-old Army Specialized Training Program, ASTP volunteers and United States Army Air Corps, Army Air Corps trainees arrived for five months of combat engineer basic training. Many of that group were promoted to round out Non-commissioned officer, NCO cadre vacancies, after which replacements were brought in to fill the unit to Table of organization and equipment, T/O strength. The battalion moved by train to Camp K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
