Verified Scandals & Real Conspiracies

What Is Operation Northwoods (Declassified Proposal)? Examining the Claims and Evidence

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Operation Northwoods is the name given to a March 1962 Joint Chiefs of Staff memorandum proposing staged incidents and false pretexts against Cuba. This overview treats the subject as a claim: it summarizes the declassified documents, separates what the records show from what is inferred, explains how the story entered public debate, and rates the documentary strength of the claim.