How Close Were the Nazis to Making an Atomic Bomb?

How Close Were the Nazis to Making an Atomic Bomb?

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? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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