About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 88. Chapters: Superbombs, Superguns, Wunderwaffen, Tsar Bomba, Messerschmitt Me 262, Nuclear bunker buster, Messerschmitt Me 163, GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast bomb, German nuclear energy project, Bouncing bomb, Karl-Gerat, Castle Bravo, V-3 cannon, Parrott rifle, Big Bertha, Nuclear artillery, Schwerer Gustav, Focke-Wulf Ta 183, Paris Gun, Grand Slam, List of the largest cannons by caliber, Mons Meg, Heinkel He 280, Father of All Bombs, V-weapons, Wasserfall, Project HARP, Ivy Mike, Project Babylon, Messerschmitt Me 263, Divine Strake, Doomsday device, Massive Ordnance Penetrator, BLU-82, Columbiad, 21 cm K 12, Mark 17 nuclear bomb, Tectonic weapon, Dardanelles Gun, Tsar Cannon, Faule Grete, Queen Elizabeth's Pocket Pistol, Faule Mette, T-12 Cloudmaker, Ivy King, Jaivana, Pumhart von Steyr, Dulle Griet, Superweapon, Zielgerat 1229, Al-Fao, Wonder weapon, Sun gun, Sebastopol, Grose Bochse, Focke-Wulf Ta 283, Perseus. Excerpt: The German nuclear energy project in Nazi Germany, informally known as the Uranverein (Uranium Club), began in April 1939, just months after the discovery of nuclear fission in January 1939. The first effort ended in months, but the second effort began under the auspices of the German Army Ordnance Office on the day World War II began, 1 September 1939. The program eventually expanded into the following main efforts: the Uranmaschine (nuclear reactor), uranium and heavy water production, and uranium isotope separation. The zenith of the effort came when it was realized that nuclear fission would not contribute significantly to ending the war. In January 1942, the Army Ordnance Office turned the program over to the Reich Research Council, but continued to fund the program. At this time, the program split up between nine major institutes where the directors dominated the research and set their own object...
