The year was 1945 and the U.S. Government had a major dilemma on its hands. Nazi Germany had been totally defeated but the world was lurching headlong into a new conflict pitting the U.S. against its former World War II ally, the Soviet Union.
The new conflict would be known as the Cold War and its first flashpoint would be in conquered Germany itself, where the Allies had agreed to divide the country into zones of occupation. The precise boundaries of these occupation zones had not yet been drawn. The Soviets raced in from the East to grab as much of Germany as they could and the U.S., Britain and France raced in from the West to grab as much of the country as they could.
But it wasn’t just German territory that each side was seeking; both sides wanted to capture as much German talent as they possibly could as well.
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