3 ms·
Did Braun really intend to quickly lose the war? I seriously doubt it. Did you know that in 1944 von Braun was arrested by the Gestapo for sabotage for saying
by skookumchuck 9y ago
Did Braun really intend to quickly lose the war? I seriously doubt it.
Did you know that in 1944 von Braun was arrested by the Gestapo for sabotage for saying that his intention was never to create a war weapon, but to obtain money for experiments and confirmation of their theories? The Gestapo was going to shoot him, until Dornberger rescued him.
"V-2" by Dornberger, pg 216
- DoctorOetker 9y agoobviously I don't believe that Braun intentionally squandered Nazi resources to shorten the war, just like I don't believe Hitler was fighting Nazism from the inside out. I a willing to believe of course that Braun's goal was scientific progress, irrespective of the role it played in the war: does/can it actually help the Nazis? or is he sabotaging the war effort? He doesn't care, he just wants scientific progress irregardless of the war, which liberates funds...