the Soviet Union suffered some of the most brutal losses during World War II Millions dead cities in Ruins and a need to rebuild in the aftermath a plan to capture German scientific expertise codenamed operation Oso viim unfolded this wasn't a typical recruitment on a night in October 1946 over 2,500 German scientists and Engineers along with their families were rounded up in the Soviet occupied zone of Germany they weren't offered jobs they were seized as War reparations the Soviets craved Germ
an technology particularly in rocketry and nuclear research facilities like the V2 Rocket Center were dismantled Brick by Brick and shipped to the USSR experts on everything from jet engines to Advanced Weaponry were whisked away often under duress the Cold War brain drain was underway the West raced to secure German scientific Talent too with similar plans like Operation Paperclip many scientists spent years in the Soviet Union often working without recognition did you know
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