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The Nazi Atomic Bomb
Posted on 1/1/15 at 1:53 pm
Posted on 1/1/15 at 1:53 pm
There's so many 'what if's' in history, but Nazi Germany was apparently working on an atomic bomb of their own during WW2. Their success would have changed everything if they had correctly prioritized their efforts. We'd be speaking German?
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Posted on 1/1/15 at 1:54 pm to beejon
They still would have lost imo.
Posted on 1/1/15 at 1:55 pm to beejon
What would the new year be without Fox News ushering it in with some tabloid nonsense on its "Science" page. 
Posted on 1/1/15 at 1:56 pm to beejon
This is German in all its variants.
Posted on 1/1/15 at 1:57 pm to beejon
Where would they have detonated it? In Europe on the land they were trying to conquer? Surely they knew about fallout. How would they have gotten it to America? I don't think subs could launch nukes back then.
Posted on 1/1/15 at 2:05 pm to beejon
I speak Dutch, a Germanic language. But just enough to give commands to my malinois. Now that I think about it, and staying on topic, Atom would have been a great name for her had she not been a bitch. 
Posted on 1/1/15 at 2:19 pm to beejon
They had jet fighters at the end of the war that were far, far superior to anything the allies had. If they had time to mass produce them, we'd be speaking German
Posted on 1/1/15 at 2:22 pm to beejon
Himmler. 
Posted on 1/1/15 at 2:39 pm to beejon
we'd be speaking German if Hitler hadn't invaded Russia like a moron
Posted on 1/1/15 at 3:04 pm to beejon
quote:
Nazi Germany was apparently working on an atomic bomb of their own during WW2.
uhhhh duh
that's why we rushed out the nuclear bomb so quickly..it was like a space race between the US and Germany to see who could get it first...this is very well known
Posted on 1/1/15 at 3:35 pm to beejon
Nazis.... I hate those guys
Posted on 1/1/15 at 3:44 pm to beejon
The Nazis were nowhere close to getting a deliverable nuclear weapon. They were aware that it was theoretically possible but hadn't even done a "proof of concept". All this story shows is high radiation levels, that could have been found in any lab of the time.
And keep in mind that nukes of the time were extremely heavy and required heavy bombers. The B29's that dropped over Hiroshima and Nagasaki only barely could do the job, Germany had nothing comparable that could get it done.
The Me-262 was probably the best hope they had but they were just running out of people and materials after Kursk and were doomed anyway.
And keep in mind that nukes of the time were extremely heavy and required heavy bombers. The B29's that dropped over Hiroshima and Nagasaki only barely could do the job, Germany had nothing comparable that could get it done.
The Me-262 was probably the best hope they had but they were just running out of people and materials after Kursk and were doomed anyway.
Posted on 1/1/15 at 3:59 pm to beejon
Hopefully
Posted on 1/1/15 at 5:03 pm to beejon
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if they had correctly prioritized their efforts.
For as efficient and intelligent as they were, the Nazis were hilariously bad at prioritizing their plans.
This post was edited on 1/1/15 at 5:03 pm
Posted on 1/1/15 at 5:06 pm to beejon
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The Nazi Atomic Bomb
Scheisse!!!!!
Posted on 1/1/15 at 5:10 pm to beejon
Germany simply did not have the manpower and supplies to win the war.
Posted on 1/1/15 at 5:28 pm to beejon
Had they developed a A-bomb they would have been presented with the problem of exactly how to deliver it to any valuable targets. The first hurdle would be a delivery vehicle. To give some perspective, the first two American A-bombs weighed 9,000 & 10,000 lbs respectively. A device of that weight would be too heavy for the V-2 rocket to deliver. It could only deal with a little over 2,000 lb payload. That means a conventional bomber would have to deliver the bomb. But that opens up two more cans of worms. First, by 1944, the Luftwaffe was a shell of it's former self so the odds of a successful bombing mission are not good. But even if they got to say London or Moscow, they still have the problem of the weight of the bomb. The biggest bomber the Germans had was the Messerschmitt ME 264 ( LINK)....
.. and it could only handle a bombload of less than 7,000 lbs.
.. and it could only handle a bombload of less than 7,000 lbs.
Posted on 1/1/15 at 5:30 pm to beejon
He wasn't interested in occupying our 'mongrel' nation. Didn't he call Jesse Owens a subspecies when he won the hundred?
This post was edited on 1/1/15 at 5:34 pm
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