>>12192265It was in 1938, when two Germans scientists, Otto Hahn and Fritz Strassmann, working at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute in Berlin, first made their discovery. They learned that when they bombarded uranium with neutrons they could split the uranium atoms’ nuclei into two parts releasing energy and more neutrons, a process called “fission”. They understood how to create energy-producing fission chain reactions as the neutrons from one split-atom plowed into surrounding atoms, splitting them also.
According to Otto Skorzeny (Waffen SS), the atomic Bomb was opposed by Hitler himself as early as in 1940 “for not converting this planet into a stellar object being consumed by flames.” After the sabotage action in Norway, “which had damaged the capacity of producing heavy water, and also freighters transporting heavy waters were sunk”, he discussed the topic with Hitler.
The Fuhrer, who had read an article of Werner Heisenberg, said, “The effects would be terrible.. All kind of life, not only human life but also life of animals & plants would be exterminated for hundreds of years within a radius of 40 kilometers… No nation; no group of civilized humans beings, could consciously bear such responsibility. From strikes & counter strikes the human species would exterminate itself.”
