Why didn't Hitler wait for his scientists to invent atomic bomb b4 attacking Russia?

Answer 1

Because he wants results NOW.

Answer 2

To develop an atomic bomb a lot of research and development was required. It must be remembered that such a weapon was still just a theory in 1941. So it would have been an expensive gamble to invest in then wind up empty handed. With the vast amounts of resources at its disposal the USA only developed the A bomb AFTER Germany had been beaten and then only had three bombs.
With it's limited resources it is unlikely Germany could have developed the bomb sooner. Especially given the fact that up to that time the German armed forces seemed invincible.

Answer 3

The Wehrmacht (Luftwaffe) was unable to breach the allied defense in the battle for Britain, and the u-boat attacks on US convoys in the Atlantic meant that an American military intervention in Europe was inevitable; In such circumstances Hitler was forced to commence with the 'Unternehmen Barbarossa' (the assault against the USSR). If Hitler was to stand a chance against the new enemy, it was imperative for his forces to gain control over Russia's vast resources. Of course he realized that a winter assault on the eastern front could end up in a huge military blunder, bur it seems he was a gambler (it was the only path to victory).

Speed is the essential element in any military campaign, but the sheer vastness of the war theater of Western Russia made Operation Barbarossa unlike any other. In such conditions, the blitzkrieg was no longer a viable strategy.

Answer 4

Despite hundreds of awfully written 'what-if' novels, German scientists were laboring under insurmountable misunderstandings of nuclear weapons technology. The most influential German scientists believed that, while a nuclear bomb was possible, it was impractical and should not be pursued because it would be a colossal waste of time, effort and resources. Specifically, German scientists believed the amount of enriched uranium necessary to reach critical mass was about 9 tons, an amount that could never be achieved with Germany's resources and abilities, not to mention that there was neither a bomber nor a rocket in the German arsenal that could lift such a behemoth. Conversely, the Jewish scientists that Hitler had kicked out of his country came to the conclusion that critical mass leading to a nuclear detonation could be achieved with about twenty pounds of enriched uranium, which while it seems small it still took American industry several years to amass that amount of fissionable material.

After the war, to keep themselves in the good graces of the Americans (German scientists were complicit in the exploitation of slave labor), many of the scientists would change their stories to say that they in fact sabotaged the German war effort by witholding the truth from Hitler to ensure Allied victory. Subsequent interviews by American nuclear physicists showed that their German counterparts in fact had no idea what they were talking about.

Hitler would have waited until he was old and gray and his crack-pot economics had sparked another 1920's style round of inflation before German scientists had realized the truth.

Answer 5

napoleon didn't, in any case.

but if hitler did, he'd probably have waited for that before munich, poland, france, declaring war on the usa after pearl harbour, etc.

mainly though - because the circumstances were right given the period, when you consider germany's sweep of western europe and poland etc. hitler's plans were mainly based around the wehrmacht's standard tactic of the day; a blitzkrieg in the vein of poland, france.

speed, in short. not power.

Answer 6

Because he was a genius, he was also impatient, but he was so smart that he sometimes did not think ahead and therefor jumped the gun getting into a war with Russia. Don't get me wrong, I did not like him, but I admire how he was as far as his way of thinking. In another time, he might have won WW-II.

Answer 7

They wanted to liberate the white Russians from the Jewish controlled Communists. Not logical to use an atomic bomb on people who asked for help in liberating them from Stalin.

Answer 8

Like scientists ever invent things on time?

Answer 9

1. a secret clause between them was benefical , then became more dilema in 1939.
2.Forcing germany to get oil from russia was a threat.
3.Hitler was down right a nut case!

Answer 10

First, because he wanted to finish the war(s) before he gets to old (really true).
Second, not before the a-bomb was tried out no one could predict for sure how powerfull they really were.

Answer 11

Probably because no one knew the extent of the damage, and he needed russias resources.