The US and USSR both snagged a lot of German scientists at the end of WWII. Many of those scientists ended up working for NASA and were critical to rocket devel

The US and USSR both snagged a lot of German scientists at the end of WWII. Many of those scientists ended up working for NASA and were critical to rocket development in the US. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wernher_von_Braun https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wernher_von_Braun - A major example of this