Nazis tested nuclear bomb near war's end - claim

Nazi Germany tested a crude nuclear device, killing hundreds of people in a massive explosion south of Berlin in the dying days of the Second World War, a researcher claims in a new book.

Nazis tested nuclear bomb near war's end - claim

Nazi Germany tested a crude nuclear device, killing hundreds of people in a massive explosion south of Berlin in the dying days of the Second World War, a researcher claims in a new book.

That the Nazis conducted nuclear experiments has been known for decades, but Hitler’s Bomb by Berlin academic Rainer Karlsch, published today, suggests they may have been closer to building a bomb for military use than previously thought.

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