[weikel]

The Japanese weren't anywhere close the Germans would have gotten one before us if A) Hitler had not driven all the Jewish scientist away B) there wasn't all the "Jewish Physics BS" C) and A might not have mattered if Heisenberg had not miscalculated the critical mass. Japan did not have the resources for the expensive seperation of U-235 from U-238.

[BlueLancer]

I know ... I know ... I made the same general arguments in the previous thread that I mentioned ... but still ...

... alternate history/science fiction is a favorite of mine, and it's an interesting coincidence, that's all.

[Lael]

Japan did not have the resources for the expensive seperation of U-235 from U-238.

Actually, the factory which Japan was using to enrich Uranium was located in North Korea, where there was abundant Hydroelectric power. Our troops came across it during our drive to the Yalu River after the Inchon landings.