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The Origins of the Atomic Bomb
The Allies thought the Germans were working on an atomic bomb. The OSS wanted to kill or kidnap Werner Heisenberg, who led the project. A baseball player named Mo Berg was assigned to assassinate him at a lecture hall in Switzerland. But he got called off because of his gung-ho nature and lack of technical skills.