Controversial to be sure, however, new research has been done. The following is taken from "Luftwaffe Over America" by Manfred Griehl. "The first of these declassified papers is to be found in NARA/RG 38, Box 9-13 Entry 98c, Top Secret Naval Attache Reports 1944-1947 of the US National Archives. It is an Intelligence Report issued by COMNAVEU London on 24 January 1946 by Captain R. F. Hickey, USN, and entitled 'Investigations, Research, Developments and Practical Use of the German Atomic Bomb'."
The popular consensus is that German atomic research began and ended with a man named Heisenberg. I suggest research into Baron Manfred von Ardenne and his work at the Reichspost.
The British published post-war reports stating that Britain was preparing for a nuclear attack in August 1944. For those who care to look, see The Daily Telegraph, page 5, 11 August 1945.
Also, a reminder that Germany had nerve gas but did not use it. The following is taken from "The German Army Medical Corps in World War II" by Alex Buchner (a veteran). "In the Urlau ammunition depot near Leutkirchen in the Allgaeu, 10,00 tons of normal ammunition and over 20,000 tons of poison-gas ammunition were stord: blue-green and yellow-cross grenades as well as large quatities of Tabun, the newly developed nerve poison. Their explosion if the enemy came near had been expressly ordered by Hitler. Explosive charges and fuses were already mounted. The key for their activation was held by the commandant of the camp, Major Zoeller. When the approaching French troops were reported as being in Leutkirch on April 27, Major Zoeller agreed with the medical officer of the depot not to blow up the depot, but to surrender it."
On the other hand, pehaps it's better to let sleeping dogs lie.
The popular consensus is that German atomic research began and ended with a man named Heisenberg. I suggest research into Baron Manfred von Ardenne and his work at the Reichspost.
The British published post-war reports stating that Britain was preparing for a nuclear attack in August 1944. For those who care to look, see The Daily Telegraph, page 5, 11 August 1945.
Also, a reminder that Germany had nerve gas but did not use it. The following is taken from "The German Army Medical Corps in World War II" by Alex Buchner (a veteran). "In the Urlau ammunition depot near Leutkirchen in the Allgaeu, 10,00 tons of normal ammunition and over 20,000 tons of poison-gas ammunition were stord: blue-green and yellow-cross grenades as well as large quatities of Tabun, the newly developed nerve poison. Their explosion if the enemy came near had been expressly ordered by Hitler. Explosive charges and fuses were already mounted. The key for their activation was held by the commandant of the camp, Major Zoeller. When the approaching French troops were reported as being in Leutkirch on April 27, Major Zoeller agreed with the medical officer of the depot not to blow up the depot, but to surrender it."
On the other hand, pehaps it's better to let sleeping dogs lie.
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