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The Secret Nazi Scientist Programme that Helped Build America
What if the origins of America’s Cold War science boom — and even the Space Race — were built on the knowledge of Nazi scientists?
In this episode, Antonia Senior and historian Roger Moorhouse dive into the dark, fascinating, and deeply controversial history of Operation Paperclip: the secret U.S. government programme that recruited German scientists after World War II and brought them to America in order to beat the Soviet Union in the escalating Cold War technology race.
At the centre of the story is one of the most famous and divisive figures of the 20th century: Wernher von Braun — rocket…
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