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Originally Posted by Bewolf

You are argueing like Ace. In that you take some ppl and their inventions and make them the creators of the applications derived of those, completly neglecting the point that what it is all about is brining new inventions together to really create something never seen before.

You have that 180 out..

Allow me.. The premise that I am working from here is the history channel types of history that one sees being stated as true history is anything but..

And my goal is to point that out each and every time I see it come up.. For true histories sake

In that the history channel types of history, that sells, is to portray the Me262, Go229 and V2as something that appeared out of thin air. That is to say the history channel type of history gives those watching, who don't know any better, the impression that nobody in the world knew what a rocket was until a V2 hit a target.. Or that nobody knew what a jet was until the Me262 shot down a B17.. Or that nobody in the world knew what a flying wing was until the US captured the Go229 and that Northrop reversed engineered it to build the B2

I have simply pointed out here that all these systems were build on previous work! That is to say they didn't appear out of thin air in Germany one day due to the worked of a German scientists nor was the technology passed onto the Germans via aliens

With that said

Robert Goddard was building rockets in the 20s, 30s and 40s
The US and UK had jet fighters in operation during WWII
Jack Northrop was building flying wings in the 20s, 30s, 40s and 50s

So all this stuff (V2 rocket, Me262 fighter, Go229 Flying Wing) was done way before the Germans did it during WWII, as in it did not just appear one day out of thin air

About the only thing mentioned in this thread that was unique to one nation was the development and employment of an atomic bomb.. And you can bet your bottom dollar splinting atoms to make a bomb was a much bigger achievement than the natural progression of the technology mentioned above.