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Episode 535: The Manhattan Project Part III - Sometimes You Need a Daddy

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Boris Pash's Crusade to Securing Uranium for America

Boris Pash organized 260 vehicles packed with men who all worked together to steal 970 tons of uranium right out from under the Soviet snowses. The Soviets were furious because they'd been planning on using that uranium ore for their own nuclear program. Even though also was ultimately unneeded when it came to the Manhattan Project, Germany had no chance of making a bomb.

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