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Germany's Nuclear Ambitions: The Uranium Project and Kaiser Wilhelm
In this episode of The History of Germany, Lucas and Luna explore a little-known chapter of World War II: the German nuclear weapons program, codenamed the Uranium Project. They discuss how German physicists like Werner Heisenberg, Otto Hahn, and Fritz Strassmann made groundbreaking discoveries in nuclear fission, only to see their research entangled with the Nazi regime. Lucas explains the role of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute, the failed attempts to produce heavy water at Vemork in Norway, and the sabotage missions by Allied commandos. He also covers the mysterious Farm Hall transcripts…
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