[kestrelx]

Originally Posted by Boeing Guy

And your point is?

It's simple, there are a lot of things in everyday use that have links to Hitler.
Volkswagen, was created by him, the name means Peoples Car.
The Beetle was partly designed by Hitler, he changed Ferdinand Porsche's original front end design.
The Autobahns were part of the Third Reich, we have similar roads here, they are called Motorways.
BMW made aircraft engines, Mercedes Tanks, Fokker war planes.
IG Farben when not making Zyklon B, created Polyurethane and other chemical products.
Siemens, who supply lots of lightbulbs under the Osram Name, Medical Equipment, Traffic Light Systems etc used to have sites at concentration camps.
Bosch, who make a huge amount of car parts, household appliances etc, made armaments for the Nazi regime while using slave labour.

The second world war is in the past. I drive a German Car, have German appliances in my home, made by former war criminals.

Regardless of Hitler's intentions the science behind the V rockets was put to the betterment of man and the elporation of Space. Of course it also was used to help ICBM's, but so was Guidance Systems and the DOD's Navstar GPS, which a tom tom uses.

And don't forget Psychology! The Germans stared that as well and Hamburgers.

The issue is that Werner von Braun developed the V2 rocket which bombed London and also used Jewish slave labour many of which were shot dead - yet he was not charged or held for war crimes but instead lived a life of luxury in the USA! Showing that USA and also Brits have double standards and let certain people off for crimes if it suits them!