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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.
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.