Did Nazi scientist save Britain from Hitler's deadly gas that could have killed millions?

Daily Mail ^ | July 7, 2010 | Guy Walters

[C19fan]

None of the men of the 1st Battalion of the Royal Hampshires was surprised that the fight would be tough. As they doggedly advanced up 'Gold' beach on D-Day, every man knew that surviving the murderous criss-cross of machine-gun fire would demand a miracle.

The village of Le Hamel, although no more than a few hundred yards beyond the surf, never seemed to get any closer. The bullets mercilessly cut down their commanding officer as well as several middle-ranking officers, and as the day wore on, it looked as if the entire battalion would be slaughtered on the beach.

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But now a startling new explanation has come to light. According to Frank J. Dinan, a distinguished professor of chemistry and biochemistry at Canisius College in Buffalo, New York State, a scientist close to Hitler exaggerated the Allies' capability of hitting back with their own chemical weapons, which caused the Fuhrer to rethink his plans.

If Professor Dinan's extraordinary claim is true, it means that a German scientist, up until now regarded as a war criminal, might be one of the greatest unsung heroes of the 20th century.

[grapeape]

Thanks for the reply. THat is very interesting...

[darth]

There’s more to the story.

In the late 1930s the U.S. Army slapped Top Secret on a patent for a chlorinated hydrocarbon. Nazi spies and scientists told Hitler that the USA had discovered nerve gas. Hitler, who had been gassed in WWI, knew that with nerve gas, Allied bombers could kill every German.

After the war, the Top Secret classification was lifted. It was DDT, a similar molecule, which the Army thought was so important.

As an aside, the USA had to restrain Churchill from bombing Germany with anthrax spores to make it almost unhabitable for 100 years. That was AFTER the success at D Day. Guess Churchill REALLY hated Germans.