Uploaded September 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
The greatest secret of the Allied war effort against the Axis powers: a project to create the ultimate weapon of mass destruction by harnessing the power of the atom. But the Allies were not alone in racing for the atomic bomb. How did the Manhattan Project beat the Germans and the Japanese to be the first to unleash this terrifying new weapon? Were the Axis even close to getting the bomb?
Note that the documentary calls the physicist Heinsenberg by the name 'Karl Heisenberg'. Werner was his first name, Karl was his middle name, so it should be 'Werner Heisenberg'.
The greatest secret of the Allied war effort against the Axis powers: a project to create the ultimate weapon of mass destruction by harnessing the power of the atom. But the Allies were not alone in racing for the atomic bomb. How did the Manhattan Project beat the Germans and the Japanese to be the first to unleash this terrifying new weapon? Were the Axis even close to getting the bomb?
Note that the documentary calls the physicist Heinsenberg by the name 'Karl Heisenberg'. Werner was his first name, Karl was his middle name, so it should be 'Werner Heisenberg'.
