After World War II, Argentina gained a reputation for taking in characters with checkered pasts. Here's What You Need To Remember: The Pulqui II eventually had a speed of 697 miles per hour, a maximum ceiling of 49,000 feet, a 2,000-mile range and an armament of four 20-millimeter cannons. Initial tests, however, indicated numerous problems. After World War II, Argentina gained a reputation for taking in characters with checkered pasts. Not only was it a haven for Nazis fleeing justice, but it turns out that Argentina turned to Reich scientists and French traitors to build a jet fighter in the 1940s based on a design originally intended for Hitler’s Luftwaffe.