Hitler inadvertently helped the US to develop the atomic bomb by doing which of the following?
- boasting that Germany had developed an atomic weapon
- causing many Jewish physicists to leave Germany and eventually work on developing the bomb
- selling the Soviet Union large stocks of uranium
- announcing that Germany had developed long range aircraft that could bomb any US city
Answer
The correct answer is B) causing many Jewish physicists to leave Germany and eventually work on developing the bomb.
More General Knowledge questions
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