I actually saw a mention of this in a biography of Mussolini, by Richard Collier, an account of an Italian Fascist journalist present at a late-war test of what he described as a very powerful bomb. He wasn't sure if it was just strong explosives or what. So when I heard this story, I remembered that one. This might be the incident he describes. However, the Collier incident is from Rugen Island on 12 October 1944, so back we go to the beginning. I await more proof, but I have no doubt the Germans were working, albeit in a desultory manner, on an atomic bomb. If they'd had it, they'd have used it, on London or Moscow. Via V-2.
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