How Soviet Spies Stole the Atomic Bomb

Name: How Soviet Spies Stole the Atomic Bomb
Uploaded: 2024
Duration: 52 min

202452 minHD★ 7.9Conspiracy & Cover-Ups

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The Soviets built the atomic bomb years ahead of every Western estimate, and the secret ingredient was a spy ring reaching right into the heart of the Manhattan Project. I find espionage history irresistible because it is a conspiracy that provably, historically worked. Klaus Fuchs and friends walked the most guarded secret on Earth straight out the door. A tight account of how the ultimate classified project quietly sprang a leak.

On August 29, 1949, the world changed again: the Soviet Union detonated its first atomic bomb - years ahead of Western expectations. The secret to their rapid success? Espionage. Behind the scenes, Soviet intelligence orchestrated one of the most effective spy networks of the 20th century, infiltrating the top-secret Manhattan Project as early as 1943. This episode of Spies of War investigates how brilliant scientists like Klaus Fuchs and others leaked nuclear secrets to the USSR, and how U.S.

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