How The Allies Risked Everything To Stop The Nazi Nuclear Weapons Program | Secret War | Timeline

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]

I love the fact that this channel exists.

[@houssamtaouqi1529]

It’s the type of channels where you can find high quality videos with informative content

[@MBHenriksen]

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.

[@marciogarcia4761]

Thanks for the good documentary.

[@johnlord8337]

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.

[@michaelmallal9101]

My great-grandparents were from Orkney. Fascinating.

[@user-lg1rd7jb5m]

Missing some details the allies still wont acknowledge. Shame how the truth on this subject is still so hidden.

[@phildavies7666]

Which details?

[@user-lg1rd7jb5m]

@@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]

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

[@houssamtaouqi1529]

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

[@blakepeterson2533]

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]

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

[@danthemanx999]

The Heroes of Telemark.

[@williamrobinson7435]

Good this. Thanks. 🌟👍

[@saveriosalemme5366]

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]

Probably more true than this piece of garbage.

[@TheCharlesAtoz]

@@bobbowie5334 What makes you say that?

[@bobbowie5334]

Because the Krauts needed fertilizer more than atomic energy.

[@bobbowie5334]

@@TheCharlesAtoz At that time the Krauts needed fertilizer far more than they needed a nuclear program.

[@sharonwhiteley6510]

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.

[@HistoryUniversity]

One of the biggest what ifs in history

[@randylahey2242]

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]

@@randylahey2242 bruh 😂😂

[@nonamehouse4442]

​@@randylahey2242You edited your comment and it's still rife with grammatical errors, big boy.

[@randylahey2242]

@@nonamehouse4442 there are no errors little boy, you just don't have the needed artists eye to appreciate the comedic liberties I have taken. Also please imagine as if i have typed this comment against my will(It's not actually like that but It would make it seem a little cooler)

[@WTfire10]

@@randylahey2242 Jesus was not black. He was middle eastern like all people living there at the time. Cleopatra wasn't black either.

[@katherinecollins4685]

Very informative

[@TheAmericanCrusader]

Cant imagine how different the world would be if the Nazis had mastered heavy water.

[@dr.barrycohn5461]

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]

they could have started by not deporting/killing their smartest minority

[@blakepeterson2533]

Hw was never going to win the race

[@user-ri9hb6th1w]

They needed to master more than just heavy water .

[@benediktmorak4409]

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]

Eine verdammte Düngemittelfabrik.

[@bobbowie5334]

Eine verdammte Düngemittelfabrik.

[@oceanhome2023]

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 !!!

[@bro5800]

Great doc. Great narrator.

[@houssamtaouqi1529]

His voice is really matching tye content😂😂

[@silkkdread]

That’s definitely the fabled “wonder weapons” that he was futiley promising 😅

[@egay86292]

white clothes but black packs. makes SO much sense.

[@AC-js9pf]

SOE who later became the SAS the greatest and most respected spacial forces in the world

[@bclmax]

oh please..they were never close to a bomb

[@OldDunollieman]

Hambros is really over inflated in this episode., the truth is he bungled most operations involved in Norway.

[@casario2808]

Cool doc but for a few reasons beyond heavy water the Germans were not that close.

[@bobbowie5334]

Scores of innocent Norwegians died for these vainglorious men.

[@prestonhanson501]

Norwegians still a fighting type

[@pekertimulia125]

Ada bukan tutup satu

[@pekertimulia125]

City bukan tutup satu bukan tutupnya bisa tiga namanya bukan-bukan

[@pekertimulia125]

Impossible bukan tutup satu bukan tutupnya nuclear namanya bukan-bukan

[@pekertimulia125]

F bukan tutup satu bukan tutupnya Pitnah namanya bukan-bukan

[@pekertimulia125]

Any exception bukan tutup >>"

[@fredc3543]

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]

👍

[@mrhamburger6936]

The little boy that was dropped on Japan a German nuke

[@randylahey2242]

nuh uh

[@nonamehouse4442]

@@randylahey2242 Use your brain during your next response here, Champ.

[@randylahey2242]

@@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]

⁠@@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]

​@@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.

[@edcew8236]

Paranoia is the wrong word. Inexcusable. Lots of errors describing gliders. Nervous background music. Comes across as a lot of hype.

[@TheAmericanCrusader]

Paranoia keeps you alive

[@JamesHughes-ku1dm]

Inexcusable? Calm down 😂

[@gumpy4960]

Drink a capri sun and take a minute to calm down

[@SuperHornedtoad]

Get your Ozempic fix and calm down

[@SigmaLigma.]

America and Britain are still trying to justify burning alive hundreds of thousands of citizens on purpose.

[@teridacktaljones4553]

🦝

[@PakaBubi]

We would live in a beautiful Europe.

[@AdamMann3D]

There werent warheads at the time. Your title is stupid.

[@blakepeterson2533]

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]

@@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]

@@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]

@@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.

[@AdolfHitler1889.]

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]

STALINGRAD WHERE THE FATE OF THE WORLD WAS DECIDED