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Didn't much of our neuclear brainpower come from German defectors?
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Indeed. From what I've read, German engineering was outstanding and they were on the verge of developing weapons (rockets) that were much more advanced than ours. In fact, after reading Jame Michener's book, Space, the Allies were in a hurry to get to the German engineers--before Hitler killed them off. They were the driving force behind our early success in our space programs.Originally posted by Scott Campbell"There's a lot of interest in the draft. It's great. But quite frankly, most of the people that are commenting on it don't know anything about what they are talking about."--Ted ThompsonComment
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some. and rocket technology. Germans were ahead in jet engines and rockets. While I think they only launched a couple of the V2 type rockets at england, they had a huge psychological effect even if people weren't imagining a nuclear warhead. I think we also advanced in dentistry - Nazis were very experienced at removing gold fillings. Shitty horrible war.Originally posted by Scott Campbell"Never, never ever support a punk like mraynrand. Rather be as I am and feel real sympathy for his sickness." - WoodbuckComment
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About nine months before the war ended, the Germans had a fighter squad of jet powered airplanes. far superior to anything the Allies had at the time, but they had not worked out all the kinks and were under staffed. They didn't have the nuclear bomb but they did develop missiles and rockets, unfortunately for them they were the Germans at the end of the war and didn't have the production abilities to mass produce these weapons to give them any significance in the war. I tell you what the British were lucky that the Germans didn't invent the rockets two years earlier.Comment
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