Why Didn’t Hitler Use 12,000 Tons of Weapons Of Mass Destruction?
In1943, Adolf Hitler declared total war and hoped for a miraculous wonder weapon to prevent the Nazis from losing the war. At the same time, Hitler was in possession of vast quantities of tabun and sarin lethal gasses — some of the most poisonous nerve agents ever developed by humanity. Mustard gas used during WWI was child’s play in comparison to the deadliness of the Nazi-developed tabun or sarin gas. By 1943, it was clear that Adolf Hitler’s Nazi Germany would lose yet another major war. Hitler declared total war, being willing to make any sacrifice in life or resources to win the war.
The Nazis conscripted even children and the elderly to fight against the advancing Allied forces. Hitler wanted all of Germany to fight to the last man, to total destruction. Hitler asked his scientists to develop Wunderwaffen, the wonder weapons that would change the course of the war. The Nazis partially succeeded with V1 and V2 rockets, which later played a role in the moon landing. However, despite many brilliant ideas from German engineers, such as electric submarines or jet fighter planes, the Germans lacked the necessary resources, like metals, to develop these ideas into significant factors on the battlefield. Additionally, Hitler’s scientists purposely delayed the development of the atomic bomb, fully aware…
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