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Did they actually take German scientists? Why have I never heard this?
Edit - well, there's a wiki article and hike that i need to jump down. This doesn't bore well for the MLs that insists the soviets killed all Nazis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_influence_on_Soviet_rocketry?wprov=sfla1
Even better, the CIA also brought in Nazis in order to use them against the USSR (Operation Paperclip). The CIA, and its predecessors have always been incompetent.
Yawn, everyone knows about operation paperclip
Maybe outside the US. You might be surprised how little our media (or educators) holds our government accountable lol
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Osoaviakhim
Of note, though, that the influence of the nazis on their space program was marginal. What they really got from them was stamping tech.