Conversations among German Nuclear Physicists at Farm Hall (1945) [pdf]
What an interesting read. Also, is it just me or are there a surprising number of german related topics on the frontpage right now?<p>&quot;We only had one man working on it and they may have had ten thousand&quot;<p>This is why I always chuckle at the ww2 &quot;documentaries&quot; positing the possibility of german or japanese bomb. Nevermind that both parties were preoccupied fighting far stronger and larger opponents ( US, British Empire, Soviet Union, China ), they lacked the resources, economic power and infrastructure to construct one before the US. We had a much larger economy and resource potential than germany and japan. Just like we do today. It was a race neither had a chance of winning.<p>Another interesting read is the military&#x27;s view on hiroshima and nagasaki. Most military leaders saw it as serving no military purpose. So ultimately, hiroshima and nagasaki were the largest human experimentation in ww2. It was a predominately a radiation test on civilian populations and cities. Something we&#x27;d continue doing on unsuspecting pacific islanders decades after ww2.