Nazi Germany nuclear weapons project

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Nazi_Germany_nuclear_weapons_project

GPTKB entity

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	nuclear test
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Uranverein gptkb:German_atomic_bomb_project
gptkbp:cause	lack of resources Allied sabotage competition with other military priorities lack of political support scientific miscalculations
gptkbp:country	gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:endDate	1945
gptkbp:field	nuclear fission nuclear physics uranium enrichment heavy water production
gptkbp:goal	develop nuclear weapons
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Nazi Germany nuclear weapons project
gptkbp:keyPerson	gptkb:Abraham_Esau gptkb:Carl_Friedrich_von_Weizsäcker gptkb:Erich_Bagge gptkb:Erich_Schumann gptkb:Ernst_Rexer gptkb:Fritz_Houtermans gptkb:Gottfried_von_Droste gptkb:Hans_Geiger gptkb:Harald_von_Boehmer gptkb:Horst_Korsching gptkb:Karl_Wirtz gptkb:Klaus_Clusius gptkb:Kurt_Diebner gptkb:Max_von_Laue gptkb:Otto_Hahn gptkb:Paul_Harteck gptkb:Peter_Debye gptkb:Robert_Döpel gptkb:Walter_Bothe gptkb:Walter_Gerlach gptkb:Walther_Gerlach gptkb:Werner_Heisenberg gptkb:Wilhelm_Groth gptkb:Wilhelm_Hanle gptkb:Manfred_von_Ardenne gptkb:Hans_Jensen gptkb:Otto_Haxel gptkb:Paul_O._Müller gptkb:Georg_Joos gptkb:Ernst_J._Zimmer gptkb:Fritz_G._Houtermans
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:Farm_Hall_transcripts gptkb:Operation_Alsos Allied bombing of heavy water plant in Norway
gptkbp:notablePlace	gptkb:Berlin gptkb:Haigerloch gptkb:Hechingen gptkb:Norway
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Manhattan_Project gptkb:Operation_Epsilon German nuclear reactor experiments
gptkbp:result	did not produce a nuclear weapon
gptkbp:sponsor	gptkb:Kaiser_Wilhelm_Institute gptkb:Reich_Research_Council gptkb:German_Army_Ordnance_Office
gptkbp:startDate	1939
gptkbp:status	terminated in 1945
gptkbp:technology	graphite moderator uranium oxide heavy water moderator centrifuge enrichment
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Norwegian_heavy_water_sabotage
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7