The Nazis recruited to win the Cold War - Brian Crim

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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  • @ghostderazgriz
    @ghostderazgriz17 күн бұрын

    What the heck this video is exceptional. Script, animation, story board. You guys really out did yourselves with this one.

  • @Laszlo5897

    @Laszlo5897

    17 күн бұрын

    Still can't pronounce a German name.

  • @leoonice4446

    @leoonice4446

    17 күн бұрын

    ❤only reason for having a comment today, great animation 😊

  • @VoyagerWon

    @VoyagerWon

    17 күн бұрын

    Agreed!

  • @opwave79

    @opwave79

    17 күн бұрын

    Right? Dang. Mad props to the animation team.

  • @TheGamingAddict2000

    @TheGamingAddict2000

    17 күн бұрын

    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.

  • @Vaishino
    @Vaishino17 күн бұрын

    "If the rockets go up, who cares where they come down? That's not my department" says Wernher von Braun.

  • @ThomasBriard

    @ThomasBriard

    15 күн бұрын

    Tom Leher

  • @OzyTheLast

    @OzyTheLast

    14 күн бұрын

    His rockets aimed for the stars yet instead they kept falling on London

  • @catelynstark9883

    @catelynstark9883

    11 күн бұрын

    Alt Reality: Mohammed Atta: me and my homies Ziad and Marwan want to fly some V1s Wernher: V1s? You got it! 😈

  • @frankboehm591

    @frankboehm591

    11 күн бұрын

    Who's political allegiance is one of expedience. Masterful wordplay

  • @Legendarial

    @Legendarial

    9 күн бұрын

    oppenheimer on opposite day

  • @nat_htrk
    @nat_htrk17 күн бұрын

    THE ANIMATION tho.

  • @RealUlrichLeland
    @RealUlrichLeland17 күн бұрын

    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.

  • @bdleo300

    @bdleo300

    14 күн бұрын

    Yeah, they even gave them the new jobs in America...

  • @TD1237

    @TD1237

    14 күн бұрын

    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.

  • @seanhsieh4149

    @seanhsieh4149

    13 күн бұрын

    @@bdleo300how did u know ?

  • @barricadedpurifier

    @barricadedpurifier

    13 күн бұрын

    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.

  • @The-Cookie

    @The-Cookie

    12 күн бұрын

    This was exactly what I was thinking of too while watching the video!

  • @hebasal9813
    @hebasal981317 күн бұрын

    The animation is so smooth

  • @harryalmirol

    @harryalmirol

    16 күн бұрын

    @@iiiKingLongSwipeiii ummm they have their own animators???

  • @eggyolk0

    @eggyolk0

    15 күн бұрын

    ​​@@iiiKingLongSwipeiii So apparently every smooth animation is AI... ok. Just saw your other replies, if you are just here to be negative, then don't comment! 🤡🤡‼️💏👬

  • @iiiKingLongSwipeiii

    @iiiKingLongSwipeiii

    15 күн бұрын

    @@eggyolk0 U MAD ⁉️🤣

  • @kenj9298

    @kenj9298

    13 күн бұрын

    Rotoscope

  • @eggyolk0

    @eggyolk0

    13 күн бұрын

    @@iiiKingLongSwipeiii Never said I was? If you have no argument to back up your claim, then just say so.

  • @modkip25
    @modkip2517 күн бұрын

    It's messed up. Their families got a second chance at life, while the families they helped destroy did not.

  • @yanied9646

    @yanied9646

    17 күн бұрын

    It's an unfortunate trend in human history, I think. The politics of surviving a perceived existential war trumps morality

  • @fqras

    @fqras

    17 күн бұрын

    Demand and supply. If you have a skill, or something to offer to others you'll always have an advantage.

  • @igorlopes7589

    @igorlopes7589

    17 күн бұрын

    ​@@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

  • @yanied9646

    @yanied9646

    17 күн бұрын

    @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"

  • @save7597

    @save7597

    17 күн бұрын

    @@yanied9646life is strange, the world is weird

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    @stuckatsingularity17 күн бұрын

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    @chingamfong17 күн бұрын

    3:49 You out did yourself again Ted Ed

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    @dr1o761

    17 күн бұрын

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    17 күн бұрын

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  • @albertcamus886

    @albertcamus886

    17 күн бұрын

    There's almost no difference

  • 16 күн бұрын

    "History is a set of lies we have agreed upon." -Napoleon Bonaparte

  • @iiiKingLongSwipeiii

    @iiiKingLongSwipeiii

    16 күн бұрын

    Exactly ‼️

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    @whatsup351917 күн бұрын

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    @iiiKingLongSwipeiii

    16 күн бұрын

    Oh you must have not heard about AI

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    @scifi_shop

    16 күн бұрын

    Thanks ai

  • @himanbam

    @himanbam

    15 күн бұрын

    @@iiiKingLongSwipeiii Why do you think it is AI?

  • @Somepers0n1

    @Somepers0n1

    14 күн бұрын

    ​@@iiiKingLongSwipeiiinah this is too good to be ai. But it does look rotoscoped at some parts

  • @ivanmendez6422
    @ivanmendez642217 күн бұрын

    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.

  • @mateochavez8455
    @mateochavez845517 күн бұрын

    They weren't just brought into NASA, but NATO and UN leadership as well

  • @muratqitaku56

    @muratqitaku56

    17 күн бұрын

    And german leadership. And don't forget the soviet union

  • @blazer9547

    @blazer9547

    16 күн бұрын

    Source!? I made it up.

  • @AntiImperialistGamer

    @AntiImperialistGamer

    16 күн бұрын

    en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Speidel

  • @michaelterrell5061

    @michaelterrell5061

    16 күн бұрын

    To be fair, I don’t think that the men were war criminals.

  • @KarlFranz5017

    @KarlFranz5017

    16 күн бұрын

    @@michaelterrell5061 1:40 literally said that suspected war crimes were to be diregarded what implies that they were war criminals

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    @gnuffe777817 күн бұрын

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  • @thelamejoker2382
    @thelamejoker238217 күн бұрын

    Yet another masterpiece by Jet Propulsion, loved their animation in the corruption video and yet here we are looking at YET another masterpiece!

  • @iiiKingLongSwipeiii

    @iiiKingLongSwipeiii

    16 күн бұрын

    That's all thanks to AI

  • @thelamejoker2382

    @thelamejoker2382

    16 күн бұрын

    @@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

  • @Johnzi

    @Johnzi

    16 күн бұрын

    ​@@iiiKingLongSwipeiii Probably not, i don't see any flaw that the "ai" Makes, specially the hands

  • @Shinzon23
    @Shinzon2317 күн бұрын

    This is going to be used in schools, I can feel it

  • @reallymentalpig1173

    @reallymentalpig1173

    14 күн бұрын

    No they can’t, the government doesn’t like it when it’s criticized. And the schools are funded, by the said government.

  • @Deltasquadformingup

    @Deltasquadformingup

    12 күн бұрын

    We actually talked about this in history class a few times.​@@reallymentalpig1173

  • @raymen4863

    @raymen4863

    11 күн бұрын

    I saw this exact video in class today actually. When we were talking about the cold war.

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    @fbmw9817 күн бұрын

    this is the best ted ed animation style i've seen. please do more.

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    @robjulianmaghinang640617 күн бұрын

    I've been watching TED videos for years and this is the finest made ever! The animation, colors, music, and narration are SUPERB!

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    @messerf-017612 күн бұрын

    This video is a masterpiece. The content, script, animation, everything is so well-done.

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    @ahsanhabibj0y17 күн бұрын

    I can't pick what I like more about the video, the animation, the topic or the message. Excellent all round!

  • @Erosis
    @Erosis17 күн бұрын

    This one has fantastic animations that really ties everything together. The quality is also incredible.

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    @rafael-rossi17 күн бұрын

    Outstanding ethical components for this video. Nicely done, TED-Ed!

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    @Starstruck897016 күн бұрын

    Broo this is so detailed! An exceptional video, I love how you expressed everything, and everything was perfect!

  • @Raziel312
    @Raziel31217 күн бұрын

    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?

  • @lapis722
    @lapis72216 күн бұрын

    Dont forget about the japanese scientist as well who were involved in UNIT 731.

  • @md.johnpaul467
    @md.johnpaul46717 күн бұрын

    Wow! Such a feast of a video, excellent animation 👌 Ending was particularly marvelous

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    @bestwitch293114 күн бұрын

    Wow I’m so glad y’all finally made a video about this

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    @HanyaAngulooke17 күн бұрын

    What an exceptional video for such a delicate topic. The TED-ED team have really out done themselves.

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    @thelamejoker238217 күн бұрын

    No wonder this one too was animated by Jet Propulsion

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    @bubblesmckenzie184917 күн бұрын

    Fantastic animations in this one! Great job and super interesting topic 👍

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    @dpchase8412 күн бұрын

    Duuuude you have outdone yourselves. Kudos for the greatest video I’ve ever seen from you!

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    @ayasaad965813 күн бұрын

    absolutely love this visual company of such an impactful video

  • @thetrison
    @thetrison17 күн бұрын

    Incredible visualization!

  • @pedrojorge1912
    @pedrojorge191212 күн бұрын

    Pre-WW2: well, better these nazis than those communists During WW2: well, better these communists than those nazis During Cold War: well, better these nazis than those communists. (Off topic, but I love Dannatt's narration, tone, pace, accent, so bad it's very rare to hear him here nowadays).

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    @Ezra-le6zr17 күн бұрын

    I litterally love this video's animation style!

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    @macmedia100017 күн бұрын

    You always get the right style for the every subject TED and please make more History vs.

  • @LittlePrincess101
    @LittlePrincess10117 күн бұрын

    Exceptionally handled, animated, and delivered. I am curious to learn more about this Wernher von Braun. This is going in my *Favorites* outstanding animation.

  • @yiannchrst
    @yiannchrst14 күн бұрын

    This video is a masterpiece! Well done!

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    @thomasdaywalt773517 күн бұрын

    smooth like crazy

  • @crankyturtle9704
    @crankyturtle970414 күн бұрын

    Another incredible lesson with captivating visuals!

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    @talhaiqbal679816 күн бұрын

    One of your best videos!

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    @rohandanielisaac810717 күн бұрын

    Wow, This video is on a class on it's own. THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST Ted-Ed.

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    @redbloomqueen94638 күн бұрын

    THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST VIDEO OF TED ED WOW....

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    @omejouate11 күн бұрын

    The animation is state of the art! Well job to the team who has worked on it!

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    @billnyetherussianspy707017 күн бұрын

    Spectacular animations, best one yet

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    @mortenharket326515 күн бұрын

    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

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    @ydiotboi15 күн бұрын

    I've learned and I enjoyed it. amazing Ted Ed.

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    @SciMinute17 күн бұрын

    Ted-ed's ever-improving animation! Great!👍👍

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    @luuchoo9311 күн бұрын

    Absolutely beautiful animation. Every episode is so interesting.

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    @Queen_lele1317 күн бұрын

    I love this the animation and everything is just perfect❤

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    @matthewanderson782417 күн бұрын

    One of your best videos

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    @najmulahsan836412 күн бұрын

    How can you make an animation so captivating??!!🙃🙃You've outdone your own feat❤❤just keep enlightening us this way❤❤❤

  • @karimabushaikha9725
    @karimabushaikha972515 күн бұрын

    The animation in this one is amazing

  • @SimCityEA1989
    @SimCityEA198912 күн бұрын

    Usually, comments are filled with discussions related to the film. The comments are nothing but praise for the good storyline and extremely good animations! Now that's how you know this is a very well-done video!

  • @manolososadavinci1937
    @manolososadavinci193715 күн бұрын

    Loved the American bald eagle using the union shield to protect the “key” against the sickle and hammer 😭💙

  • @valmid5069
    @valmid506912 күн бұрын

    “And when history did not cooperate, history was changed” -Dr. Zola, Captain America Winter Soldier

  • @kimlip_tree2009

    @kimlip_tree2009

    8 күн бұрын

    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

  • @LineOfThy

    @LineOfThy

    7 күн бұрын

    people forget, operation paperclip was a real thing

  • @nk-kf7mq
    @nk-kf7mq17 күн бұрын

    so artistic animation! also so informative!

  • @Imaginary.Dragon
    @Imaginary.Dragon16 күн бұрын

    Nice work with the Animation!

  • @StevenKull
    @StevenKull10 күн бұрын

    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

  • @Andy_Hendrix_9842
    @Andy_Hendrix_984217 күн бұрын

    Amazing video as always!

  • @AntonChigurh989
    @AntonChigurh98917 күн бұрын

    Interesting assessment of a nuanced situation

  • @kurtlindner

    @kurtlindner

    17 күн бұрын

    _An_ assessment of a nuanced situation.

  • @rainylight6268
    @rainylight626817 күн бұрын

    Yo this animation is beautiful 😍

  • @AndyBeltran278
    @AndyBeltran27817 күн бұрын

    Crim's work highlights the importance of confronting uncomfortable truths from our past to inform our understanding of the present.

  • @corinthjr.1354
    @corinthjr.135415 күн бұрын

    Loving the animation yoooo!!

  • @medusagorgon8432
    @medusagorgon843213 күн бұрын

    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.😣

  • @AnkyloSolo
    @AnkyloSolo15 күн бұрын

    Such amazing animation!

  • @magalyolivera5162
    @magalyolivera516217 күн бұрын

    Amazing!! The story is so interesting and the animation is woow

  • @musonobari2560
    @musonobari256017 күн бұрын

    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

  • @musonobari2560

    @musonobari2560

    17 күн бұрын

    There wasn't any chance of Americans leap jumping from solid motors to liquid ones miraculously within a decade! 😀 Nice animation by the way!

  • @maridelacroix1998
    @maridelacroix199816 күн бұрын

    Kudos to all involved in the making of this lesson. Really an AMAZING piece, although the subject itself is very disturbing, to say the least.

  • @synsvids
    @synsvids16 күн бұрын

    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

  • @climate_anti-hoax

    @climate_anti-hoax

    16 күн бұрын

    Read Howard Zinn's Peoples' History of the US (or at least watch a documentary about it).

  • @LeoS.B.Rosevillte
    @LeoS.B.Rosevillte17 күн бұрын

    Amazing video ❤🎉

  • @cheesebiscuits6323
    @cheesebiscuits632317 күн бұрын

    This episode is delectable

  • @Rudn4z_127
    @Rudn4z_12717 күн бұрын

    11/10 animation and informing of history

  • @_zyphis_2281
    @_zyphis_228117 күн бұрын

    Nobody’s talking about how chilling the transition is at 3:40

  • @chingamfong
    @chingamfong17 күн бұрын

    Dr Strangelove was how I first learned about this part of history.

  • @natiqueibrar
    @natiqueibrar16 күн бұрын

    BRO THE ANIMATION IS THE REAL CREATION!!!

  • @muhpiyas
    @muhpiyas17 күн бұрын

    Excellent animation.

  • @-eurosplitsofficalclanchan6057
    @-eurosplitsofficalclanchan605716 күн бұрын

    amazing animation

  • @proches
    @proches11 күн бұрын

    The animation is off the charts!

  • @bvillafuerte765
    @bvillafuerte7659 күн бұрын

    Moral: The only crime of war is losing it.

  • @dannysetiawanlubis7033
    @dannysetiawanlubis703316 күн бұрын

    The Animation looks so cool

  • @I-amAnonymous
    @I-amAnonymous17 күн бұрын

    Wonderful video!

  • @jeanneharrison8120
    @jeanneharrison812016 күн бұрын

    I LOVE TED ED!!!!

  • @IAARPOTI
    @IAARPOTI17 күн бұрын

    The animation is so cool.

  • @jerrynp9639
    @jerrynp963916 күн бұрын

    Great video by TED-Ed with EXCEPTIONAL animation.

  • @iiiKingLongSwipeiii

    @iiiKingLongSwipeiii

    16 күн бұрын

    That's thanks to AI

  • @alexisvazquez6678

    @alexisvazquez6678

    13 күн бұрын

    ​@@iiiKingLongSwipeiiimmm i dont see it

  • @ForRealConfused
    @ForRealConfused17 күн бұрын

    great video

  • @thenewongoam2486
    @thenewongoam248617 күн бұрын

    Next: Unit 731

  • @yottadrive

    @yottadrive

    16 күн бұрын

    Next: Operation Osoaviakhim.

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    @user-zg9yi1jd3q

    6 күн бұрын

  • @badak_terbang7452
    @badak_terbang745211 күн бұрын

    damn the animation was firee🔥🔥

  • @rissikesthiyagarajah2205
    @rissikesthiyagarajah220517 күн бұрын

    The animation is so slick and stylish. You guys should impressed with yourself.

  • @lvbboi9
    @lvbboi917 күн бұрын

    The Animation Team popped off with this one.

  • @Petrolhead11
    @Petrolhead1117 күн бұрын

    you released a banger...

  • @EmilChristianGram
    @EmilChristianGram16 күн бұрын

    Wonderful animation

  • @Question-Log
    @Question-Log11 күн бұрын

    Finally, I was wondering when they would do Operation Paperclip.

  • @mouhamedfall4351
    @mouhamedfall435116 күн бұрын

    What an amazing animation

  • @TheManicsound
    @TheManicsound15 күн бұрын

    Top notch animation

  • @danko238
    @danko23817 күн бұрын

    This video is a piece of art, just wow

  • @michaelowino228
    @michaelowino22817 күн бұрын

    Good video.

  • @adamstephenson7518
    @adamstephenson75186 күн бұрын

    I love these videos

  • @leokeatonn
    @leokeatonn17 күн бұрын

    This is amazing oml!

  • @KINGBADASS100
    @KINGBADASS10017 күн бұрын

    This animation is really good!

  • @barannyakakaty1654
    @barannyakakaty16544 күн бұрын

    what brilliant animation and 0:09 wow