Entity / Technology

V-2 rocket program

German rocket program whose people and technical knowledge were central to postwar U.S. missile work.

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Investigation

Operation Paperclip

After World War II, the United States recruited selected German specialists. The technical story is inseparable from screening records, Nazi affiliations, and the Cold War rationale.

Relationship trail

V-2 rocket program connected to Operation Paperclip

Source metadata

Wernher von BraunNASA · Government history