New Declassified Soviet Documents Say Germany Planned to Nuke Soviet Union June 1945
In July and August, the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB) declassified historical documents about Nazi Germany’s plans for a catastrophic atomic strike against the Soviet Union in June 1945. Of course the German Army was completely defeated by May 1945, but if their military had been able to extend the war a mere 90 days longer, the outcome may have been very different.
There are many short articles about the announcement including these: https://www.intellinews.com/nazi-germany-planned-to-nuke-soviet-union-declassified-archives-say-337448/ - https://www.eurasiantimes.com/tg-nazi-germany-aimed-to-destroy/ - https://noticiaslatam.lat/20240807/desclasifican-archivos-sobre-los-planes-de-hitler-de-usar-armas-nucleares-contra-la-urss-en-1945-1156680308.html
The Russian admission helps verify the second most interesting conclusion in "Oppenheimer and Heisenberg" - that Germany did succeed in making the first atomic bombs. There is plenty of evidence and history books will eventually acknowledge the narrative we were taught about America’s Manhattan Project being first was useful propaganda. Fortunately Hitler no longer had the air superiority to get German A-bombs to Moscow and New York. Germany couldn’t deliver their packages to the targets that would have mattered to win the war, so instead their atomic bombs, materials and scientists were given to the United States as part of negotiations that are secret to this day and involve South American retirement plans.