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Walter Dornberger – leader of Germany's V-2 rocket program and other projects at the Peenemünde Army Research Center, brought to the U.S. under Operation Paperclip; Johann de Kalb – Major general in the American Revolution; Frank Finkel – claimed to be the only white survivor of the Battle of Little Big Horn [497]
A group of 104 rocket scientists at Fort Bliss, Texas. Operation Paperclip was a secret United States intelligence program in which more than 1,600 German scientists, engineers, and technicians were taken from the former Nazi Germany to the U.S. for government employment after the end of World War II in Europe, between 1945 and 1959.
Between 1815 and 1930, 60 million Europeans emigrated, of which 71% went to North America, 21% to Latin America, and 7% to Australia. [1] This mass immigration had as a backdrop economic and social problems in the Old World , allied to structural changes that facilitated the migratory movement between the two continents.
German Americans established the first kindergartens in the United States, [17] introduced the Christmas tree tradition, [18] [19] and introduced popular foods such as hot dogs and hamburgers to America. [20] The great majority of people with some German ancestry have become Americanized; fewer than five percent speak
Woolrich. A legendary company that dates back to 1830 and supplied uniforms to Union troops in the Civil War, Woolrich can no longer boast “Made in USA.” The company known for its cozy woolen ...
Named after William Seaborn Bamberg, whose grandfather was an immigrant from Germany. [8] Bamberg County: South Carolina: Named after Francis Marion Bamberg. Bavaria: Kansas: Named after the region of Bavaria in Germany. [9] Bavaria: Wisconsin: Named after the region of Bavaria in Germany. Lake Bavaria: Minnesota: Named after the region of ...
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The prisoners were guarded by two lines of German-American Union soldiers, who were unpopular with many native-born Missourians, who resented their anti-slavery and anti-secessionist political views. Many people in St. Louis, having moved to the area from Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, and Virginia, [7] had southern sympathies.