Most of you have probably heard of the Nuremburg trials which took place after World War II. This international military tribunal took place between 20 November 1945 and 1 October 1946. During that time, leaders from Nazi Germany went on trial for war crimes and crimes against humanity. In total, 199 individuals were tried with 161 convicted and 37 sentenced to death.
Ask the general public about these trials and hopefully many would have heard of them. However, they would probably think that all the bad Germans were rounded up and tried for their crimes. They would probably be horrified to know that so few were actually tried and convicted.
Some may have heard about Wernher von Braun, the scientist who worked on Nazi Germany’s rocket development program. He co-developed the V-2 rocket which was the first long-range guided ballistic missile. This rocket decimated London and it is estimated that it killed at least 9,000 civilians and military personnel. Furthermore, 12,000 forced laborers died in the production of the weapons.
Did this man who caused so many deaths get tried at Nuremburg? No, he was secretly moved to the US as part of Operation Paperclip along with another 1,600 other scientists, engineers and technicians. Later Wernher became director of NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center and the chief architect of the Saturn V launch vehicle, which was used for the American Apollo program.
Some may think that using Nazi scientists was acceptable, in order to advance militarily and stay one step ahead of the enemy. However, most will be unaware of NATO’s Nazi connections and a strange anomaly in the NATO flag.
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