What was the purpose of the U.S. secret military program called Operation Paperclip at the end of WWII?
Correct answer: Recruit German scientists to gain advantage in the space race
luckycatfay
oh well that's ok then for get all their passed deeds and atrocities ,as long as they get you to the moon
Player #25874027
luckycatfay,
Actually heading for the moon didn’t come into the equation until President Kennedy in the 1960s. The Ammuricans purely wished to exploit Nazi weapons technology.
Tom
Player #25874027, your thinking of going to the moon 'in this decade'. The space race was started in the early fifties with Sputnik.
Taliesin12
Employing Nazis in the U.S., not a great idea. Beating the Russian Communists in the space race, brilliant and necessary idea/goal.
Player #151898054
Player #25874027, Yes. It was thinking about what a much more advanced V2, armed with an atomic warhead could do. We knew the Soviets would eventually have a bomb, and ICBMs would change warfare.
baymax
what has this got to do with TV and film?
Player: Coco
These counter operations are so fascinating - like moving 6000 people in one night? Stealing intelligence at the moment of vulnerability. All the ulterior motives going on - what movies this makes!
The Salamander
Trump2020, Looks like a typo.