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American History Tellers

Wondery

Society & Culture, Kids & Family, History, Education For Kids

4.7 • 18.3K Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2020

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Remember Werner von Braun? We talked a little bit about him in our Cold War series. He was in charge of the German rocket program in World War II. First used to lob missiles and bombs all over Europe, von Braun always dreamed of something better for his rockets. As the Soviet and American forces were closing in on Germany to end the war, von Braun saw only one way out: surrender to the American forces and get to the States.

Amid the wreckage of the Third Reich, the first leg of the Space Race would be a sprint to locate von Braun.

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0:00.0	Hey, prime members, you can listen to American History Tellers add free on Amazon music.
0:05.6	Download the app today.
0:18.0	Imagine it's September 8, 1944, around 6.40 pm.
0:23.0	You're an American GI based in London.
0:26.0	Even a friend who's walking through Chiswick and neighborhood in West London.
0:29.0	The two of you are headed down Stavily Road to visit your girlfriend Elizabeth, a nurse
0:34.0	who is supposed to get off duty soon.
0:36.0	Her family lives nearby.
0:37.0	So, who is this girl again?
0:39.0	Elizabeth said she lives next door.
0:41.0	She heard Elizabeth was dating an American and wanted to know if he had any friends.
0:45.0	Well, I guess it's just a drink.
0:47.0	If you don't like her, you don't have to stay long.
0:49.0	I met her once.
0:51.0	She's a sweet girl.
0:52.0	Pretty, too.
0:53.0	Well, this is sounding better.
0:55.0	Around a corner, a couple of blocks from Elizabeth Street.
0:58.0	Hold on just a second.
0:59.0	I want to buy her some flowers.
1:00.0	Oh, you're going to make me look bad.
1:02.0	The two of you step into the shot.
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