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

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The Origins of Uranium

The uranium that was used in the bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima came from Belgium. The Allies were also closing in on Werner Heisenberg, whose secret lab was located deep within Germany's black forest. "I knew exactly where they weren't making this atomic bomb for the Nazis," says Wild Bill Hickok of his time as a Nazi spy.

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