The nuclear axis
Subtitle: Germany, Japan and the atom bomb race, 1939-1945
By: Philip Henshall
Publisher: Sutton
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Stroud
Language: eng
Number of pages: 230
Subjects: Atomic bomb -- Germany -- History; Atomic bomb -- Japan -- History; Arms race -- Germany -- History; Arms race -- Japan -- History; World War, 1939-1945
Description: It has been generally accepted that Japan and Germany were years behind the Allies in developing a nuclear weapon during the war. Philip Henshall demonstrates that this was not the case and that Axis scientists were very close to success during World War Two.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index