Explanation: After WW2, the US made an effort to ‘secure’ as many Nazi scientists as they could through Operation Paperclip, as the Nazis had invested considerable time and resources in various fields of research that the US wanted to ‘catch up’ on, rocketry being one of the more prominent ones. Some of these scientists were genuinely ‘apolitical’, for what little that’s worth in contributing to a totalitarian regime of mass murder; others were… decidedly not, but had their past pro-Nazi ideological leanings papered over anyway by the US government in order to employ them and their expertise in the post-war environment.
Many Nazi scientists went to the Soviet Union too. They were probably less enthused, though.
Many Nazi scientists went to the Soviet Union too. They were probably less enthused, though.
Wernher von Braun went through quite some lengths (traveled half way through Germany with a badly broken arm in the chaos of the final days of the war) to ensure he was captured by the Americans, rather than the Russians.
