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Originally Posted by mikey23545

The Nazi A-Bomb

Considering that many of the scientists behind the American nuclear program were sourced from Germany, it’s kind of perplexing that Hitler didn’t invent the A-bomb first. Fission was first discovered in Berlin, and Hitler had a huge passion for futuristic weaponry. If he had developed the bomb, it would have completely changed the course of the war, but extensive Allied intelligence never found any evidence that the Nazis had weaponized atomic technology. However, there’s the testimony of German woman Claire Werner, who claims to have witnessed a bomb test in the mountains outside of Thuringen. Did Hitler have the bomb and never get to use it? We may never know.

The rationalization for this is that the total control by the central government could not respond to the numerous projects which the Nazi's had going on. If you have only one person able to make final decisions on a project its near impossible to set priorities. The Nazi's had a lot on their plate from jet power to rockets, even super battleships.