How Norway Secretly Stopped Hitler's Nukes. Twice.

In Nazi Germany in 1939, the Uranverein, or “uranium club,” was trying to beat Oppenheimer to the bomb. The scientist believed all Germany needed was enough of a single, incredibly rare substance critical to advancing nuclear physics: heavy water. This [HALF-LIFE HISTORIES] explains what happened next.

00:00 Intro
01:09 Blueprint for Armageddon
05:41 Moderation
11:34 Striking Distance
14:00 Across the Water
16:02 Outro

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[Logical_Human_]

*We were basically just a few bits away from witnessing one of the most destructive men with one of the most destructive tools.*

[nicodemusedwards]

Hitler stopped a lot of Hitler’s nukes as well. Considering a lot of the top nuclear physicists at the time were Jewish.

Bit of a neutron stream to the foot.

[juststeve]

3:40 - A correction, Britain was in WW2 from 1939, declaring war on Germany in September 1939 when Poland was invaded. By the time of Pearl Harbour, the UK had already endured the Blitz, 8 months of mass aerial bombing of the United kingdom. Including a period in September/October 1940 when London was bombed on 56 of 57 consecutive days.

[juunipm]

This is the earliest I’ve ever been to one of these videos :D

Hitler also sabotaged himself, he saw physics as Jewish science. He didn’t want to listen when told that getting rid of Jewish scientists would be harmful.

[A.Filthy.Casual]

2:38 why's the guy in the middle look like Mike Myers from Halloween

[ApexOfCrabkind]

Technically heavy water can have very significant biological consequences iirc, but it does need to be ingested in some pretty unreasonable conditions (i.e essentially replacing natural water) in order to do so. And at that point, saying it’s toxic isn’t exactly a high bar to clear. This toxicity is much more visible in smaller organisms, but I gave up that dissertation project because the project lead seemed uninterested in engaging with the students doing it, so I can’t remember exactly why.

Basically even though it won’t hurt you, it’s still not recommended

[Deadbeatbeats]

As a norwegian, we all know this story but it is such a important piece of history. They would be proud to see how the country has evolved thanks to them.

[mileshill]

Ah. But if you’re a Sabaton fan you already knew this.

[shanemjn]

Japan attacking Pearl Harbor didn't "drag Britain... into the meat grinders of modern combat". We'd already been fighting for years before that

[firecracker]

The beard has Kyle going from Dollar Store Thor to Half Priced Hagrid.

[Merk]

I thought the battle of Castle Itter was wild, this is a different flavor of Wild altogether

[adrian]

Haha, I never expected to see a video from you about tungvannsaksjonen! This hits right at home.

Greetings from norway, and thank you for all the amazing videos you make!

[aaroncarrette]

These are some of the best and highest production quality videos on YouTube. Bar none

[arthuraguiar]

There's a TV show called Man in the High Castle where this happened.

[pochocki]

Wait so the breaking bad guy was a real guy?

[HeyDrGhost]

Saw the title and knew we'd be talking about lake Tinn let's go!!!!

[DarthStardom]

Hello Kyle, thank you for the Nuclear drop

[Stef.Cata]

My question is, what was happening socially in Germany at the end of 19th beginning of 20th century, from the invention of the diesel engine in a MAN factory to the Otto engines, chemical fertilizer and the overall physicians at that time. What socially would have encouraged these things in Germany, things that appear to be missing today, even the NASAs landing on the moon was due to these people.

[heykak]

Never underestimate a few norwegian lads on skis

[CheekieCharlie]

I just played a game called my child lebensborn and it was heart breaking. Norway mother's and kids who were hated for being Nazi even though they were just victims too