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The Bastard Brigade - The Juice | 2

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The German Bomb Project's Mistakes in the 1930s and 40s

Bota ran dozens of tests with graphite and normally he was a talented scientist But this time he was still swooning over the spy Ingrid had stayed in San Francisco to work at the German consulate. unbeknownst to Bota she continued her spying activities. The Nazis were aware of Bota's infatuation but they had no idea it was undermining his work or that their spying efforts had completely backfired Because of his mistakes the German bomb project had to shift focus once the uranium club had ruled out graphite as a moderator. They decided to use what's called heavy water instead. Heavy water slows neutrons down helping the chain reaction along Producing a successful chain reaction is

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