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The Bastard Brigade - The Juice | 2

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The Allies' War on Heavy Water

The Allies heard that Werner Heisenberg was building atomic reactors with the juice a crucial step toward making bombs. Rumors about his rapid progress were leaking out through neutral countries like Switzerland and the Allies realized they needed to strike back quickly. Bombing though seemed unlikely to work They mark stood on a cliff and would be a difficult target to hit the heavy water equipment was also located in the building's basement which offered further protection from bombs. So the Allies skamed up something more daring a commando raid Imagine at September 1942 you're a master thief a lock picker. It's been a dizzying 24 hours Yesterday you were rotting away in your jail cell but late last night an army colonel came

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