After WW2, the Allies took scientific, military, and industrial personnel and equipment from Germany. The biggest scoop for the US were rocketry advances with V

After WW2, the Allies took scientific, military, and industrial personnel and equipment from Germany. The biggest scoop for the US were rocketry advances with Von Braun and his team, but the Russians took scientists too. The also sought any nuclear developments but there weren't many. When the Russians withdrew from Austria, they took entire factories with them. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Paperclip https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Paperclip https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Osoaviakhim https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Osoaviakhim https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allied-occupied_Austria#Mounting_losses https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allied-occupied_Austria#Mounti...