More like it was the German engineers captured by both sides that helped put both countries into space![]()
Too true. One of my grandfathers was an engineer on the Horton flying wing planes & later in the US, the F117a, among others. He came over with a couple thousand other guys in what is now known as Operation Paperclip. Never talked much about his experiences in the old days, but during the last years of his life he'd make the odd quip about his "choice" (at gunpoint) of immigrating, and not being sure who worked them harder, the Nazis, the USAF, or Lockheed. Those were some busy guys.