[Karl-Heinz Jaeger]

Originally Posted by TreverSlyFox

You have to understand that WWII was a war that thrived on technology. When the war ended EVERYBODY, US, Russian, Great Britian, France etc. was competing to grab ANYTHING and ANYONE that had anything to do with German Technology.

The US shipped back BOX CAR loads of German Documents, Drawings, Blueprints, Photographs, Note Books and even Doodles on Napkins by German Scientists, and every German Scientist they could get their hands on. There were special Teams of US Military Inteligence that were actually with front line combat units to grab anything liberated right then and there.

Though we had a good fleet submarine in the GATO Class, the German boots were better in their diving depth and a lot of other areas. Think how stuned they must have been when they got the buleprints for the Type XXI and the VIIC/42.

Remember, the VIIC/42 had been DESIGNED and approved, just never built. Do you think they tossed all the blueprints away? Not the Germans, they put them in a file cabinet somewhere, all nicely labeled and in orderly fashion just like they did with everything else. Do you think one of the Military Inteligence teams thought "Well we've got the plans for the XXI so lets leave the plans for the VIIC/42 here." Not a chance in H3LL would they do that, they took EVERYTHING they could get their hands on and shipped it back to the States for study.

Whithin months of D-Day the Americans were shipping back train Loads of stuff, including entire factories whose technology was better that we had. To the victor go the spoils, and in WWII that ment German Technology and everything that went with it.

Great explanation! And true, every word!

Twas the German V1 and V2 rocket scientist, Wehrner von Braun that put America into orbit during the space race.