Episode 450
How Close Were the Nazis to Making an Atomic Bomb?
Learn more about the Nazi Germany nuclear program
Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography, & More
September 29, 202113m 5s
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Show Notes
During the second world war, one of the biggest efforts of the war was the Manhattan Project: the secret American program to create an atomic bomb.
The scientists and staff of the Manhattan Project were in a race to beat Nazi Germany to be the first country to build the A-bomb. When Germany surrendered in May 1945, and Americans detonated the first device in July, they had seemingly won the race.
But was it in fact a race at all? How close were the Nazis to actually building an atom bomb?
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