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minus-squareNaibofTabr@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35·4 days agoEr, well, there actually was a German nuclear project during WWII (nuclear fission was discovered in Berlin in 1938), which is why the Einstein-Szilard letter was written to FDR. Germany was actually ahead in nuclear physics research, but fascism destroyed the scientific community.
minus-squaremassive_bereavement@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up32·4 days ago but fascism destroyed the scientific community. Oh, so that’s where we are now.
minus-squaretrollercoaster@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·edit-23 days agoActually, the OSS (The CIA’s precursor) did set a spy upon Werner Heisenberg, the head of Nazi Germany’s nuclear research programme, with the mission to assassinate him if there was any indication the Nazis were close to building a nuclear weapon. He found out that the Nazis were nowhere close, so Heisenberg got to live.
minus-squareKlear@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·3 days agoFor a while there his survival was uncertain.
minus-squareWhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·3 days agoSure, their position was nowhere close, but how fast were they moving?
minus-squaretrollercoaster@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 days agoNot very fast, and they ran into some issues.
minus-squareNoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up7·3 days agoBut don’t you see? It’d have compromised the Reich’s German character to continue doing such dangerous Jewish science!
Er, well, there actually was a German nuclear project during WWII (nuclear fission was discovered in Berlin in 1938), which is why the Einstein-Szilard letter was written to FDR. Germany was actually ahead in nuclear physics research, but fascism destroyed the scientific community.
Oh, so that’s where we are now.
Actually, the OSS (The CIA’s precursor) did set a spy upon Werner Heisenberg, the head of Nazi Germany’s nuclear research programme, with the mission to assassinate him if there was any indication the Nazis were close to building a nuclear weapon.
He found out that the Nazis were nowhere close, so Heisenberg got to live.
For a while there his survival was uncertain.
Sure, their position was nowhere close, but how fast were they moving?
Probably… uncertain.
Not very fast, and they ran into some issues.
But don’t you see? It’d have compromised the Reich’s German character to continue doing such dangerous Jewish science!