Alsos Mission

GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_operation
gptkbp:affiliatedWith gptkb:Combined_Intelligence_Objectives_Subcommittee
gptkb:Office_of_Scientific_Research_and_Development
gptkbp:chief_scientific_advisor gptkb:Samuel_Goudsmit
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Boris_Pash
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:endDate 1945
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Alsos Mission
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:capture_of_Max_von_Laue
capture of Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker
capture of Erich Bagge
capture of Horst Korsching
capture of Karl Wirtz
capture of Kurt Diebner
capture of Otto Hahn
capture of Paul Harteck
capture of Walther Gerlach
capture of Werner Heisenberg
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:intelligence_gathering_on_V-2_rocket_program
intelligence gathering on German scientific infrastructure
capturing German nuclear scientists
collaboration with British intelligence
collaboration with French resistance
collaboration with U.S. Army
intelligence gathering on biological weapons
intelligence gathering on chemical weapons
intelligence gathering on heavy water production
intelligence gathering on radar technology
interrogation of German scientists
preventing technology transfer to Soviet Union
securing nuclear materials
securing scientific documents
seizure of uranium stockpiles
preventing Soviet acquisition of nuclear technology
intelligence gathering on advanced physics research
gptkbp:operatesIn gptkb:France
gptkb:Germany
gptkb:Italy
gptkb:Norway
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Manhattan_Project
gptkbp:purpose gather information on Axis scientific developments
investigate Nazi Germany's nuclear energy project
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:German_nuclear_weapons_program
gptkb:Operation_Epsilon
gptkb:Operation_Harborage
gptkb:Tube_Alloys
gptkbp:result determined Germany was not close to developing atomic bomb
gptkbp:startDate 1943
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Manhattan_Project
gptkbp:bfsLayer 2