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6 Oddly Named U.S. Government Operations

Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Composer Glenn Miller probably didn’t have an Allied air offensive in mind when he wrote the song “Chattanooga Choo-Choo,” but in 1944 that’s exactly what occurred under the same name. The goal of the offensive was to limit Germany’s access to locomotives that could be used as a transportation method for reinforcements to northwest France. British and U.S. fighter planes targeted railways in the western portion of German-occupied France. It was extremely successful, drastically decreasing railroad operations and, in turn, the speed of reinforcements. Operation Paperclip © pat hastings/Fotolia No, this wasn’t the solution to a mass staple deficiency. Rather, it was the United States’ recruitment of some 1,600 German scientists following World War II, many of whom had belonged to the Nazi Party. The motive behind the recruitment was the United States’ desire to gain an advantage over the Soviet Union in the Cold War and in the S