Project Paperclip: Dark side of the Moon

An interesting BBC article about how the Nazi scientists provided the US with cutting-edge technology..

Project Paperclip, the US operation which saw von Braun and more than 700 others spirited out of Germany from under the noses of the US's allies. Its aim was simple: "To exploit German scientists for American research and to deny these intellectual resources to the Soviet Union."

Some of the groundbreaking technologies developed in Nazi laboratories:

• Supersonic rockets
• nerve gas
• jet aircraft
• guided missiles
• stealth technology
• hardened armour