The Nazis recruited to win the Cold War - Brian Crim
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- Опубліковано 10 лют 2025
- Dig into Operation Paperclip, a secret intelligence program which brought scientists from Nazi Germany to the US after WWII.
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In May of 1945 the Third Reich was in chaos. Adolf Hitler was dead and German surrender was imminent. But while World War II was almost over, a new war was brewing. And the US was eager to recruit the smartest minds in Germany before the Soviets got the chance- regardless of their affiliation with the Nazis. This became known as Operation Paperclip. Brian Crim digs into the clandestine campaign.
Lesson by Brian Crim, directed by Jeff Le Bars, JetPropulsion.space.
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What the heck this video is exceptional. Script, animation, story board. You guys really out did yourselves with this one.
❤only reason for having a comment today, great animation 😊
Agreed!
Right? Dang. Mad props to the animation team.
Its an extremely important and sensitive topic that deserves this level of effort. The world is going through another wave of fasicm, lessons learnt from WW2 should be as public as possible.
@@TheGamingAddict2000ikr
This is one of the finest works of TED-Ed! The animation at the end along with narration is hypnotic istg
Agreed.
Heck of a video!!! The animations are insane! It perfectly captures the strategic maneuvering of the whole "recruiting talent" situation, like a real-life chess game, just capturing pieces.
Agreed.
"If the rockets go up, who cares where they come down? That's not my department" says Wernher von Braun.
Tom Leher
His rockets aimed for the stars yet instead they kept falling on London
Alt Reality:
Mohammed Atta: me and my homies Ziad and Marwan want to fly some V1s
Wernher: V1s? You got it! 😈
Who's political allegiance is one of expedience.
Masterful wordplay
oppenheimer on opposite day
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Agreed.
"History is a set of lies we have agreed upon." -Napoleon Bonaparte
Exactly ‼️
History is written by the Victor. History is full of liars. - Cpt. Price
@@grantlin4000except it isn’t
False
@@grantlin4000history isn’t written by the victors, baseless conspiracies aren’t gonna work
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Rotoscope
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THE ANIMATION tho.
Agreed.
It’s fire.
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That's all thanks to AI
@@iiiKingLongSwipeiii lmao I really don't think so as I doubt that the smoothness as seen in this video can be generated by AI, besides JetPropulsion has animated quite a lot of videos for Ted Ed much more before AI started taking over so pretty sure it's a manually animated work
@@iiiKingLongSwipeiii Probably not, i don't see any flaw that the "ai" Makes, specially the hands
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There's almost no difference
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@@iiiKingLongSwipeiii Why do you think it is AI?
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0:08 that transition is crazyy
When you dangle something they want badly enough, a human will twist their most sacred principles into a pretzel in order to justify reaching out and taking it.
So what else is new?
What principles?
The US is just a country just like any other country, at the end of the day it will alt the part.
It's messed up. Their families got a second chance at life, while the families they helped destroy did not.
It's an unfortunate trend in human history, I think. The politics of surviving a perceived existential war trumps morality
Demand and supply. If you have a skill, or something to offer to others you'll always have an advantage.
@@yanied9646 It wasn't merely perceived, unfortunately. The world was on the brink of ww3 and could have gone to it if not for nuclear bombs
@igorlopes7589 it's a strange thing, though, thinking on it when you say it that way. The world apparently was so dangerous they needed utter doomsday to be the only thing that "keeps them behaved"
@@yanied9646life is strange, the world is weird
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I can't pick what I like more about the video, the animation, the topic or the message. Excellent all round!
the animation from 3:49 to beyond is just immaculate
“And when history did not cooperate, history was changed” -Dr. Zola, Captain America Winter Soldier
dude literally what i was thinking about while watching. that movie is a lot less fun to watch when you realize the government literally did that
people forget, operation paperclip was a real thing
This was also the case for Japanese scientists who were part of unit 731, a concentration camp in China that the Japanese used to commit unspeakably depraved human experiments on live civilians. The scientists were offered amnesty by the US, in exchange for their research on biological warfare and medicine, even though these experiments were wildly unscientific and had come at the expense of hundreds of thousands of innocent lives.
Yeah, they even gave them the new jobs in America...
Yeah, Japan and Germany did a lot of oddIy unscientific 'research'. Josef Mengel and his obsesssion with Romani twins come to mind. Unfortunately, these vctims are often lgnored by mainstream media.
@@bdleo300how did u know ?
If I remember correctly, they helped figure out frostbite and how it can be counteracted. But the way they went about it was extremely inhumane. Many of the test subjects were vulnerable people like kids and the elderly.
This was exactly what I was thinking of too while watching the video!
Wow! Such a feast of a video, excellent animation 👌
Ending was particularly marvelous
This is going to be used in schools, I can feel it
No they can’t, the government doesn’t like it when it’s criticized. And the schools are funded, by the said government.
We actually talked about this in history class a few times.@@reallymentalpig1173
I saw this exact video in class today actually. When we were talking about the cold war.
@@reallymentalpig1173 you say this as all this information is publicly available and is literally common knowledge amongst anyone who has read any post ww2/ early cold war era history...
@@reallymentalpig1173 dummy these are public knowledge
This one has fantastic animations that really ties everything together. The quality is also incredible.
This video is a masterpiece. The content, script, animation, everything is so well-done.
This should be not be a surprise to anyone outside of highschool.
If you are out of highschool and leaned this, history has more surprises my friend.
If your a student learning this, your already ahead of the game
They weren't just brought into NASA, but NATO and UN leadership as well
And german leadership. And don't forget the soviet union
Source!? I made it up.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Speidel
To be fair, I don’t think that the men were war criminals.
@KarlFranz5017 Suspected=\=Actually did.
What an exceptional video for such a delicate topic. The TED-ED team have really out done themselves.
No wonder this one too was animated by Jet Propulsion
5:06 😂😂😂 this is almost hilarious. There is every reason to thinkso. Von Braughn was the game changer who convinced American engineers that cryogenic, liquid fuelled engines were the only way to space. Americans were still grappling with solid fuel motors up to the late 40's
There wasn't any chance of Americans leap jumping from solid motors to liquid ones miraculously within a decade! 😀 Nice animation by the way!
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Loved the American bald eagle using the union shield to protect the “key” against the sickle and hammer 😭💙
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"Alright herr Braun, for your crimes against humanity, you are hereby sentenced to de-"
"Wait! I can make rockets go really far."
"De-portation to the United States. Here's your citizenship. Welcome to America!"
Incredible visualization!
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Animation, creativity,script and storytelling. Everything is perfect 🔥
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okay this 6 minutes long video is way better looking than most films today
Exceptionally handled, animated, and delivered. I am curious to learn more about this Wernher von Braun. This is going in my *Favorites* outstanding animation.
The story of Von Braun has always been inspiring to me. It’s a message to me that no matter what you’ve done in your past, sometimes an opportunity will present itself to do good, but these opportunities often do not come. So when the time comes to be good, you must take it, because there are many who never even got that opportunity and you can truly make a difference in the lives of others.
It’s not about “making up” for your past or seeking “forgiveness”. It’s just about doing something good when you have the chance to, regardless of what you’ve done in your past. Some people don’t deserve a second chance and get it anyways, some people do deserve a second chance and never get it. So if you get a second chance, use it for good.
I'm going to ask my history teacher if we could watch this video, or even part of it in class sometime. We're learning about WW2 currently, so I feel it fitting for us to view this
Read Howard Zinn's Peoples' History of the US (or at least watch a documentary about it).
Wow I’m so glad y’all finally made a video about this
Once they go up, where they come down, that’s not my department, says Werner Von Braun.
*starts humming the tune*
1:28
Thanks for telling me the function of a paperclip.
Wonder why this video was suddenly in my feed as tranding this morning. 😢
Man, there's a handful of movies that could be made off of this video alone.
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Incredible script, voice-over and animation. Bravo team Ted Ed
smooth like crazy
Nobody’s talking about how chilling the transition is at 3:40
Einstein from the get-go was very much "I don't like where this is going"
The animation in this is insane!
Finally, I was wondering when they would do Operation Paperclip.
absolutely love this visual company of such an impactful video
I am a big fan of ted-ed videos, but this is the first time I'm leaving a comment. It was brilliant. The animation, storyboard, the voice.. quality content. I wish one day i join such teams.
The Animation Team popped off with this one.
Hats off to the animator(s)❤🔥👏🏻
The animation is so slick and stylish. You guys should impressed with yourself.
BRO THE ANIMATION IS THE REAL CREATION!!!
Crim's work highlights the importance of confronting uncomfortable truths from our past to inform our understanding of the present.
Dr Strangelove was how I first learned about this part of history.
Broo this is so detailed! An exceptional video, I love how you expressed everything, and everything was perfect!
This episode is delectable
Another incredible lesson with captivating visuals!
Dont forget about the japanese scientist as well who were involved in UNIT 731.
Interesting assessment of a nuanced situation
_An_ assessment of a nuanced situation.
i recommend the book “Operation Paperclip” about these scientists
The animation is state of the art! Well job to the team who has worked on it!
These wonderful animated Ted-Ed videos should be taught in history classes
I love how the U.S government throws human rights violations and Antisemitism out the window for its interests.
Justice for Targeted Individuals 2024
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The art pattern within this video is quite clever. I especially like the visual of the missiles becoming part of the crown for the Statue of Liberty. The message behind it is most unfortunate and very true.😣
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So in short, while Operation Paperclip was successful in achieving its objectives, its ethical implications remain a subject of debate.
Pretty much
Yo this animation is beautiful 😍
The animation was so sick it's one of the best I've seen so far! A truly remarkable creation by Ted Ed! It really suits the story
The animation is just *italian chef kiss*
Fabulous video, save for the "Vawn Brawn" bits. It's pronounced "Fon Brown." Well done Teddy & Eddie.
Can we appreciate the artwork for a moment? Hope no one got rejected from art school.
As the saying goes,
"This is no such thing as an American Space Program, this are only the Soviets and the Nazis"
Love this narrator
11/10 animation and informing of history
The Animation was as systematic and well designed like the information it gave!!!
Absolutely beautiful animation. Every episode is so interesting.
The animation is off the charts!
You always get the right style for the every subject TED and please make more History vs.
Wow, This video is on a class on it's own. THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST Ted-Ed.
OMG the animation is mind blowing. Who on earth does these animations.............?
0:55 this melody reminds me of the best game ever, Hitman.
I miss the gaming lemon bro
It reminds me of a childhood family friend
what brilliant animation and 0:09 wow
The animation in this one is amazing
I wonder why it's never mentioned that East Germany and the USSR did the same. Operation Osoviakhim is only one example.
bruh those eagle transitions are too eerie
It's on point.
Nice work with the Animation!
We cannot forget these atrocities, even though they are most horrifying and painful.