That makes sense given what I’m reading right now. I stumbled across an article that hand-waved this, saying that the only difference between the two operations was that the USA’s program was more successful in leveraging the knowledge from Nazi scientists/engineers. But it seems to me that the “success” (weird to call it that) was largely because of what you’re saying. The United States gave Nazis real paths to power when they succeeded, and thus allowed prominent Nazis to survive Germany’s fall. Like you said, the Soviets basically shipped them to an island at gunpoint and then released them once they were no longer deemed useful.
That makes sense given what I’m reading right now. I stumbled across an article that hand-waved this, saying that the only difference between the two operations was that the USA’s program was more successful in leveraging the knowledge from Nazi scientists/engineers. But it seems to me that the “success” (weird to call it that) was largely because of what you’re saying. The United States gave Nazis real paths to power when they succeeded, and thus allowed prominent Nazis to survive Germany’s fall. Like you said, the Soviets basically shipped them to an island at gunpoint and then released them once they were no longer deemed useful.
Anyway, I appreciate the reply.