Actually it was Hitler who was the long pole in the tent. He did not even
put Germany on a wartime footing until 1943, Plus he arbitrarily changed
missions and development programs, such as insisting the Me-263 be a ground
support fighter bomber instead of a B-17/B-24 interceptor.

WDA

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"Vaughn" wrote in message
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"ArtKramr" wrote in message
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Subject: RIP Edward Teller
From: "John Carrier"
Date: 9/13/03 4:42 AM Pacific Daylight Time

Teller wasn't one of the major players in the Manhattan project. I
doubt
his presence in Germany would have materially effected a half-hearted
effort
to achieve the bomb. His

You doubt? Is that strong enough to risk it? What if you are wrong,
which
you
must admit is a possibility. And if you are wrong, we would all be
speaking
echt deutch heute.

Playing "what if" with history is a game for idiots and for those
with
lots of idle time on their hands, but even If Germany had had all of the
USA's nuclear scientists, they still did not have the industrial capacity
to
pull off the job in a reasonable time. As it was, the USA barely managed
to
field a couple of weapons before the war was over.

Vaughn