[ArtieBob]

I have not read this book and it has been almost 30 years since I was very deep into this subject, so most of this is coming from memory. IIRC, there were actually three parallel nuclear bomb programs in existence during WW II in Germany. Heisenberg's was the most credible, and several years ago, the Niels Bohr archive released some documents that went to Heisenberg's intentions, which he tried to downplay post capitulation. It would be no surprise, given the way information flowed in Nazi Germany, that one program did not know much about the others. However, since they were competing for the same finite amount of Uranium, heavy water, nuclear instrumentation, etc. that was available, I cannot imagine they were completely ignorant of each other's existence. Of course, this was to GB and USA's advantage, as tremendous resources were needed to achive success in this field. The allies concentrated both their intellectual and material resources, the Nazis allowed theirs to diffuse, plus many of the key players had come to the USA in response to what was happening in Nazi Germany. IIRC, even Heisenberg was accused of being a Jew and espousing non-Nazi science. If this book is another of the fantasies indicating the Germans were almost successful in their fission bomb program, it is probably crap. There is room for a well documented book written by someone who has credible credentials in nuclear weaponry on the competing programs and how they were approaching the problem.

Best regards,

Artie Bob