Nazi Nuclear Program: How The Allies Prevented A Nazi Atomic Bomb | Secret War | Timeline

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2 ай бұрын

The Allies were terrified by the prospect of the Germans creating a nuclear weapon during the Second World War. This paranoia launched several covert operations, all aiming to prevent this terrifying hypothetical coming to pass.
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@robsquared2
@robsquared2 2 ай бұрын
I love the fact that this channel exists.
@houssamtaouqi1529
@houssamtaouqi1529 2 ай бұрын
It’s the type of channels where you can find high quality videos with informative content
@danthemanx999
@danthemanx999 2 ай бұрын
The Heroes of Telemark.
@marciogarcia4761
@marciogarcia4761 2 ай бұрын
Thanks for the good documentary.
@MBHenriksen
@MBHenriksen 2 ай бұрын
The Germans were very far away from creating the bomb at war end. This actually surprised the Allies. While destroying the heavy water was important and a great operation, the Germans program was minuscule compared to the Manhattan project. Unfortunately quite a bit of hubris at the end of the documentary.
@michaelmallal9101
@michaelmallal9101 2 ай бұрын
My great-grandparents were from Orkney. Fascinating.
@johnlord8337
@johnlord8337 2 ай бұрын
Telemark province - the land of my mother's father's lineage, the 2nd richest (to the royal capitol and Oslo territory). I love hearing about this heavy water machinery from the Fjord waters, and the eventual sinking of the barrels on the fjory ferry being blown up and sinking. Norway has greater worldwide impacts that are not known by the rest of the world, since ancient times.
@user-lg1rd7jb5m
@user-lg1rd7jb5m 2 ай бұрын
Missing some details the allies still wont acknowledge. Shame how the truth on this subject is still so hidden.
@phildavies7666
@phildavies7666 2 ай бұрын
Which details?
@user-lg1rd7jb5m
@user-lg1rd7jb5m 2 ай бұрын
@@phildavies7666 look up Tino struckman. Lost battlefields. He's uncovered more about the Nazi's and nuclear development then the main stream wants us to know or admit to. But yeah. Totally weird how they were never close...except for that mushroom cloud thing, and some.being warned, some simply vapourized, some becoming very sick then dying hmm radiation poisoning. But yeah they never ever achieved a nuclear bomb.....like the Americans did.
@houssamtaouqi1529
@houssamtaouqi1529 2 ай бұрын
As I always say in other comments , I believe that the truth will never be revealed 100% each part wants to add or remove some details that can change the context somehow
@williamrobinson7435
@williamrobinson7435 2 ай бұрын
Good this. Thanks. 🌟👍
@katherinecollins4685
@katherinecollins4685 Ай бұрын
Very informative
@saveriosalemme5366
@saveriosalemme5366 2 ай бұрын
I can still remember the “Hogan’s Heroes” episode that was about sabotaging the heavy water shipment. I saw that close to fifty years ago, I’ll remember that more than this documentary that’s full of holes.
@bobbowie5334
@bobbowie5334 2 ай бұрын
Probably more true than this piece of garbage.
@TheCharlesAtoz
@TheCharlesAtoz 2 ай бұрын
@@bobbowie5334 What makes you say that?
@bobbowie5334
@bobbowie5334 2 ай бұрын
Because the Krauts needed fertilizer more than atomic energy.
@bobbowie5334
@bobbowie5334 2 ай бұрын
@@TheCharlesAtoz At that time the Krauts needed fertilizer far more than they needed a nuclear program.
@blakepeterson2533
@blakepeterson2533 2 ай бұрын
Pretty good! I liked the deep dive into Hambro, the SOE, and the use of mostly accurate clips! Some criticism- the details of the actual raid seemed nonexistent.. 2 min video time. I thought the explanation of what heavy water is/is used for could be better. Op Gunnerside was a success, but the video refers to it as “flawless” after just describing the blunder that was Op Freshman. It is an interesting “what if” but realistically it would never have happened. Germany lacked the raw uranium, the ability to refine it, the capability to deliver an atomic weapon, and heavy water was a non-starter (hence why the allies didnt use it despite manufacturing OOM more than germans). Doesnt detract from the bravery of these men one iota. But germany was never going to have an atom bomb having started the war when AH did.
@mrhamburger6936
@mrhamburger6936 2 ай бұрын
In Operation paperclip American scientists and commandos found Germany's nuclear project they packed up everything and left nothing as fast and ship back to the United States so the Soviets would not get their hands on it and you'll never find out what they all ship back actually it was top priority top secret there was uranium
@HistoryUniversity
@HistoryUniversity 2 ай бұрын
One of the biggest what ifs in history
@randylahey2242
@randylahey2242 2 ай бұрын
not even top 10, imagine if boobs weren't invented. Imagine if jesus(our lord and savior peace be upon his soul) wasn't a black man. Imagine if paul waul didn't release his industry changing 2005 "the peoples champ" album , the same album that forever emblazoned his name as the undisputed rap super god for all time. Next time leave the deep thinking for the big boys champ
@blakepeterson2533
@blakepeterson2533 2 ай бұрын
@@randylahey2242 bruh 😂😂
@nonamehouse4442
@nonamehouse4442 2 ай бұрын
​@@randylahey2242You edited your comment and it's still rife with grammatical errors, big boy.
@randylahey2242
@randylahey2242 2 ай бұрын
@@nonamehouse4442 there are no errors little boy, you just don't have the needed artists eye to appreciate the comedic liberties I have taken.
@WTfire10
@WTfire10 2 ай бұрын
@@randylahey2242 Jesus was not black. He was middle eastern like all people living there at the time. Cleopatra wasn't black either.
@sharonwhiteley6510
@sharonwhiteley6510 2 ай бұрын
The Allies were looking for a project that equaled our Manhattan Project. The Germans were interested in a tactical warhead for the V2 rockets. There are multiple reports of projects under General Kammler in a variety of areas. One involved a report by a German pilot getting caught up in a mushroom cloud, his instruments going haywire and suffering nosebleeds. Reports of Russian POWs being placed close to a detonation and their deaths. Citizens and military being treated for a variety of unexplained burns and uncontrollable nosebleeds. Yes, a ferry carrying heavy water was sunk in a fjord. Yet, the Germans had small multiple labs spread throughout a variety of areas under different scientists.
@houssamtaouqi1529
@houssamtaouqi1529 2 ай бұрын
Personally speaking, I don’t think that the Germans were ever close to the nuclear Bomb , they did improve right , but they were far far away from competing with other powerful nations
@reesbritton6623
@reesbritton6623 10 күн бұрын
As opposed to not personally speaking…?!? Nobody cares what you think. Personally or otherwise! 🤡
@Patrick-vv3ig
@Patrick-vv3ig 12 күн бұрын
I read "Allies" in the title first as "Aliens" lmao
@casario2808
@casario2808 2 ай бұрын
Cool doc but for a few reasons beyond heavy water the Germans were not that close.
@AC-js9pf
@AC-js9pf 2 ай бұрын
SOE who later became the SAS the greatest and most respected spacial forces in the world
@bro5800
@bro5800 2 ай бұрын
Great doc. Great narrator.
@houssamtaouqi1529
@houssamtaouqi1529 2 ай бұрын
His voice is really matching tye content😂😂
@TheAmericanCrusader
@TheAmericanCrusader 2 ай бұрын
Cant imagine how different the world would be if the Nazis had mastered heavy water.
@dr.barrycohn5461
@dr.barrycohn5461 2 ай бұрын
They did master heavy water. They just didn't have a plan to develop a nuke. Their R&D was disorganized as was the rest of what they did.
@randylahey2242
@randylahey2242 2 ай бұрын
they could have started by not deporting/killing their smartest minority
@blakepeterson2533
@blakepeterson2533 2 ай бұрын
Hw was never going to win the race
@user-ri9hb6th1w
@user-ri9hb6th1w 2 ай бұрын
They needed to master more than just heavy water .
@oceanhome2023
@oceanhome2023 2 ай бұрын
What was the German and Hitler’s reaction when the Heavy water production was destroyed ? You would think that hey wait a minute maybe there is something about this Atomic Bomb thing !!!
@Incorruptus1
@Incorruptus1 5 күн бұрын
That's the prop. But there you saw some real cubes. And sure you can touch them. Yet...it deserves a live chat. There is much more to tell 😂
@Incorruptus1
@Incorruptus1 5 күн бұрын
That's a prop. There is some cubes there still. 😂
@benediktmorak4409
@benediktmorak4409 2 ай бұрын
Da habe ich vor vielen Jahren schon einen Film gesehen.Eine Fabrik die - da oben- - schweres Wasser - erzeugte. Hatte was mit der Bombe zu tun. Ist also alter Hut diese Episode...
@bobbowie5334
@bobbowie5334 2 ай бұрын
Eine verdammte Düngemittelfabrik.
@bobbowie5334
@bobbowie5334 2 ай бұрын
Eine verdammte Düngemittelfabrik.
@silkkdread
@silkkdread 2 ай бұрын
That’s definitely the fabled “wonder weapons” that he was futiley promising 😅
@bclmax
@bclmax 2 ай бұрын
oh please..they were never close to a bomb
@prestonhanson501
@prestonhanson501 2 ай бұрын
Norwegians still a fighting type
@fredc3543
@fredc3543 2 ай бұрын
Liked the movie. It didn't explain why heavy water was important. Probably one of the closest run skirmishes of WWII. It could have failed.
@karloyu3484
@karloyu3484 2 ай бұрын
👍
@kevinarnold213
@kevinarnold213 Ай бұрын
I thought this was a very interesting episode
@OldDunollieman
@OldDunollieman 2 ай бұрын
Hambros is really over inflated in this episode., the truth is he bungled most operations involved in Norway.
@bobbowie5334
@bobbowie5334 2 ай бұрын
Scores of innocent Norwegians died for these vainglorious men.
@pekertimulia125
@pekertimulia125 2 ай бұрын
Ada bukan tutup satu
@pekertimulia125
@pekertimulia125 2 ай бұрын
Any exception bukan tutup >>"
@pekertimulia125
@pekertimulia125 2 ай бұрын
F bukan tutup satu bukan tutupnya Pitnah namanya bukan-bukan
@pekertimulia125
@pekertimulia125 2 ай бұрын
Impossible bukan tutup satu bukan tutupnya nuclear namanya bukan-bukan
@pekertimulia125
@pekertimulia125 2 ай бұрын
City bukan tutup satu bukan tutupnya bisa tiga namanya bukan-bukan
@mrhamburger6936
@mrhamburger6936 2 ай бұрын
The little boy that was dropped on Japan a German nuke
@randylahey2242
@randylahey2242 2 ай бұрын
nuh uh
@nonamehouse4442
@nonamehouse4442 2 ай бұрын
@@randylahey2242 Use your brain during your next response here, Champ.
@randylahey2242
@randylahey2242 2 ай бұрын
@@nonamehouse4442 ok, ill dial up the brain to 10%. If the germans had a little boy they would have used it. They were too busy making stupid meme weapons tho
@matthewnikitas8905
@matthewnikitas8905 2 ай бұрын
⁠@@randylahey2242The V2 Rocket was the most technologically advanced piece of military weaponry ever invented at the time that was only overshadowed by the atomic bomb which came shortly thereafter.
@randylahey2242
@randylahey2242 2 ай бұрын
​@@matthewnikitas8905 Wow it was so advanced that it could hit a target the size of an entire country !!(sometimes). the v2 program cost 90% the cost of the entire manhattan project - a small price to pay for such a massively successful weapon!!(it only killed 9000 civilians and instead of being scary it rallied britain together. Big shocker germany still lost(for the 2nd time)) And mind you they only saved that tiny percent because they used slave labor. The v2 program would have cost much more if people who actually believed in god ran it.
@PakaBubi
@PakaBubi 2 ай бұрын
We would live in a beautiful Europe.
@egay86292
@egay86292 Ай бұрын
white clothes but black packs. makes SO much sense.
@teridacktaljones4553
@teridacktaljones4553 2 ай бұрын
🦝
@AdamMann3D
@AdamMann3D 2 ай бұрын
There werent warheads at the time. Your title is stupid.
@blakepeterson2533
@blakepeterson2533 2 ай бұрын
Their intro posits an imaginary “atomic armed V2”, but the idea that the germans would trust that system to deliver such an expensive payload is so unlikely as to be absurd.
@matthewnikitas8905
@matthewnikitas8905 2 ай бұрын
@@blakepeterson2533Yeah the idea that a rocket launched from a launch pad like that would have the same kind of accuracy as a bomb dropped overhead is a little ridiculous
@blakepeterson2533
@blakepeterson2533 2 ай бұрын
@@matthewnikitas8905 not that the luftwaffe, by the time any weapon couldve been built, was in any position to confidently launch such a mission anyway. Maybe Donitz’ uboats couldve won the war after all
@matthewnikitas8905
@matthewnikitas8905 2 ай бұрын
@@blakepeterson2533Well Germany’s ground forces were all they really had by that point that could have been a viable option to win the war as they were fighting on the defensive by that point from the east and the west.
@edcew8236
@edcew8236 2 ай бұрын
Paranoia is the wrong word. Inexcusable. Lots of errors describing gliders. Nervous background music. Comes across as a lot of hype.
@TheAmericanCrusader
@TheAmericanCrusader 2 ай бұрын
Paranoia keeps you alive
@R.PMcMurphy
@R.PMcMurphy 2 ай бұрын
Inexcusable? Calm down 😂
@gumpy4960
@gumpy4960 2 ай бұрын
Drink a capri sun and take a minute to calm down
@SuperHornedtoad
@SuperHornedtoad 2 ай бұрын
Get your Ozempic fix and calm down
@SigmaLigma.
@SigmaLigma. 2 ай бұрын
America and Britain are still trying to justify burning alive hundreds of thousands of citizens on purpose.
@AdolfHitler1889.
@AdolfHitler1889. Ай бұрын
Guten Morgen. Der Hase sieht aus wie ein Kaninchen, ist aber größer. Er ähnelt seinem Vater in Körper und Gesichtszügen. Sie sehen aus wie zwei Wassertropfen / wie Zwillinge
@dirtyharrydefeatsislamblmt6900
@dirtyharrydefeatsislamblmt6900 2 ай бұрын
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