The detonation of atomic bombs by the Nazis was featured in 'Mission for Mussolini' on the Military channel.
The historian R. Karlsch has recently published a new book (R. Karlsch,
Hitlers Bombe. Die geheime Geschichte der deutschen Kernwaffenversuch,
(Hrsg.) DVA (Munich 2005). It is not yet avaiable in English.
He proves
in his book that the German research was more than the Uranverein led
by Werner Heisenberg whose nuclear project at Haigerloch was not successful. There are three points of highest interest in his book:
A) He tries to prove that a group led by Kurt Diebner successfully built a nuclear reactor at Gottow, which became critical. An analysis of the Bundesprüfamt confirmed that the reactor had worked during a prior unknown experiment. According to the Military Channel video, scientists discovered a flake of material at the reactor site that indicated a chain reaction had occurred.
B) There was evidence that a group of scientists worked on a fission bomb that did not use a nuke for ignition. They may have come come close to a solution.
C) The Germans did succeed in testing at least two nuclear weapons (October 12,1944 at Bug in the Baltic Sea and another on March 3, 1945 at Ohrdruf in Central Germany). Mussolini's Italian representative viewed the Bug nuclear detonation and reported a bright flash.
Scientists found a crater at Bug and abnormal amounts of Cesium 137. Cesium 137 is only formed by nuclear fission and is extremely toxic. The Germans could have been testing a dirty bomb that dispersed radioactive material.
In the second test at Ohrdruf, one eye witness reported a a flash of light that allowed her to read a newspaper in the early morning. She described the bomb blast as appearing like a large tree.
An SS Waffen general used 500 Red Army POWS from a concentration camp as guinea pigs. All of them were killed and most of them had severe burns and blisters and their hair had fallen out. That information was found in Red Army archives.
Both nukes were small but they did succeed in starting a larger nuclear chain reaction. The Nazi detonations could be compared to a tactical nuclear weapon, but much smaller than the US nukes used in Japan. There was physical and chemical evidence for both tests, especially at Ohrdruf.
Opinions by German critics and historians are split on the Nazi nuclear capability, but official investigations are running.
Hitler was quoted as saying "May God forgive me for the last 5 minutes of the war." Hitler may have had three of these nuclear weapons ready for deployment but the war ended on May 8, 1945 just two months after the second Nazi detonation.
The Nazis also had some other secret weapons they were deploying. They had a jet stealth flying wing bomber and submarines that could fire tactical missiles. They also had night vision technology.
At the end of the war a German U-234 was carrying 1000 lbs. of uranium dioxide to Japan with two Japanese diplomats on board. Hitler committed suicide during the mission and the two Japanese passengers followed his example when the captain was directed to surrender. The U-boat captain surrendered to the USS Sutton near the Grand Banks.
The Japanese may have wanted the uranium to make a dirty bomb. The Japanese has been testing a submarine that contained a torpedo bomber in a bay hangar. The Japanese may have planned to attack US facilities in the Panama Canal or the west coast.
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