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This is something I always say and amazed by. Just imagine; all the knowledge of transistors, radar and nuclear fission…All because of World Wars and, as you me

This is something I always say and amazed by. Just imagine; all the knowledge of transistors, radar and nuclear fission…All because of World Wars and, as you mentioned, all those great minds that came to the USA fleeing the war. Amazing

ck45 2y ago
Not only the ones that fled, there was also a huge brain drain after world war into both US and USSR, with von Braun probably being the most prominent.
- mantas 2y ago
  Brain drain or taking hostages?
  - mantas 2y ago
    Looks like some people ain’t aware how Soviets took German scientists as POVs and forced them to work for them. Americans did pretty much the same thing playing Nuremberg card.
WalterBright 2y ago
They didn't flee the war. They fled the Nazi oppression before the war. See "The Making of the Atomic Bomb" by Richard Rhodes. Once the war started, the borders were closed.
- racional 2y ago
  Not quite true in regard to border closures. It certainly became much more difficult to move around or out of Occupied Europe, but significant numbers of people managed to do so (via for example Portugal, Turkey and Vichy Africa).
kmoser 2y ago
It was both. Many fled after the war, seeking better opportunities outside Germany. So many, in fact, that the Berlin Wall was built.