The Myth of the Nazi War Machine

Re:The Myth of the Nazi War Machine by sesuximo on Thursday November 07, 2019 @11:38PM (#21480006)

There's a fascinating but gruesome story behind why so many V2 rockets misfired. This kept me up at night after I first read it

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wernher_von_Braun

TLDR the Nazis used slave labor to build V2s, and then the USA hired the slave masters (and ensures they didn't stand trial at Nuremberg)

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Re:The Myth of the Nazi War Machine by me_me_me on Friday November 08, 2019 @05:23AM (#21481103)

That is truly morally ambiguous, but wasting his intellect would not put man on the moon.

So its the matter of valuation (quite impossible task), but then again when a plane crashes someone has to calculate how much your relatives' life were worth to pay compensation.

That's probably the logic behind what happen to nazi scientists. They were worth more alive then dead (also both sides were hunting for them not just USA).

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Re:The Myth of the Nazi War Machine by sesuximo on Friday November 08, 2019 @07:15AM (#21481552)

I agree it's not cut and dry.

However, we cannot be sure we wouldn't have reached the moon or achieved other great things without Operation Paperclip. It's not like all the rocket scientists were Nazi elites. E.g. Goddard was American.

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Re:The Myth of the Nazi War Machine by me_me_me on Friday November 08, 2019 @11:22AM (#21483684)

Yes I agree absolutely, but its undeniable that they accelerated current efforts both soviet and us.

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