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Alsos Mission
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The Alsos Mission was an organized effort by a team of British and United States military, scientific, and intelligence personnel to discover enemy scientific developments during World War II. Its chi
British and American members of the Alsos Mission dismantle the experimental nuclear reactor that German scientists had built as part of the German nu
British and American members of the Alsos Mission dismantle the experimental nuclear reactor that German scientists had built as part of the German nuclear program in Haigerloch.
Alsos members Goudsmit, Wardenburg, Welsh and Cecil
Alsos members Goudsmit, Wardenburg, Welsh and Cecil
Boris Pash (right) during Operation Harborage in April 1945 in Hechingen
Boris Pash (right) during Operation Harborage in April 1945 in Hechingen
Alsos Mission personnel returned from Stadtilm on an RAF Dakota, indicating the bipartisanship of its activity.
Alsos Mission personnel returned from Stadtilm on an RAF Dakota, indicating the bipartisanship of its activity.
Boris Pash
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Boris Theodore Pash was a United States Army military intelligence officer. He commanded the Alsos Mission during World War II and retired with the rank of colonel.
Alsos Mission
…to secure valuable resources before they could be destroyed or scientists escape or fall into rival hands. The Alsos Mission was commanded by Colonel Boris Pash, a former Manhattan Project security officer, with Samuel Goudsmit as chief scientific advisor. It was jointly staffed by the Office of Naval Intelligence…
Pash in 1945
Pash in 1945