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lapfog_1

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1. another echo of 1930s Germany

Reply to Old Crank (Original post)

Thu Jul 3, 2025, 04:28 AM

Jul 3

we would have never had the atomic bomb and the moon landings ( plus a lot of the technology that helped to create such thing ) without the influx of German scientists... some pre-war, some post war but trying to avoid the Soviets ( Operation Paperclip ).

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And so it begins. [View all] Old Crank Jul 3 OP

another echo of 1930s Germany lapfog_1 Jul 3 #1

I suppose the next step will be when writers and other artists thucythucy Jul 3 #2

I can tell you who won't benefit... llmart Jul 3 #4

Most Americans won't realize that this is happening... llmart Jul 3 #3

Don't blame them one single bit spanone Jul 3 #5

Yes. Me either Old Crank Jul 3 #6