Nazis and the Russian Bomb
NOVA · Season 20 · Episode 4
NOVA tells the story of the German scientists abducted to the Soviet Union after World War II to help build an atomic bomb. The success of the crash program in 1949, with the explosion of the first Soviet nuclear weapon, shocked the world.
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Season
20
Episode
4
Air Date
02/Feb/1993
Air Time
21:00
Runtime
55 min
Overview
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NOVA tells the story of the German scientists abducted to the Soviet Union after World War II to help build an atomic bomb. The success of the crash program in 1949, with the explosion of the first Soviet nuclear weapon, shocked the world.
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