I Hitler had managed to make the Atomic bomb, what would have been his first target?

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And why??

Answer 1

It depends upon when he got the Atomic bomb and what the military targets were at the time.

However, there is reason to think that Hitler's first target for an Atomic Bomb would have been the United States, and specifically East Coast cities such as New York.

Hitler was well aware that for his New World Order to be successful he would at some point have to defeat democracy in the United States (some leading figures in 1930s America were not unsympathetic to Hitler, that is another story). Before the Second World War broke out he was planning a battle fleet that would have been able to fight across the Atlantic. However, as the war progressed his scientists developed new weapons. The VI and V2 rockets we know about. He also developed the Schnorkel so that submarines could stay submerged, and just as the war ended the first fast U-Boats powered by hydrogen peroxide (a very volatile and unpleasant fuel, which shows how determined Hitler was in this direction) were coming into service. In addition, the Germans were at the design stage of producing huge four-engined bombers that could cross the Atlantic.

Putting this technology together, Hitler was not that far from putting V2 rockets into fast, therefore hard to destroy, U-boats, which could have launched an effective attack on he United States East Coast. Given that material would at first have been limited, a terror attack hoping to get the United States to negotiate peace would have gained Hitler more than attacks on London which could be threatened more easily by other means.

German scientists were misled as to the critical mass needed for a nuclear explosion, and hence the feasibility of atomic bombs. It is not unlikely that Hitler would therefore have attacked with a "Dirty Bomb" on top of a V2 spreading radioactive dust, produced in a reactor beforehand, to make areas such as downtown New York and central Washington uninhabitable. If the war had continued, I am prepared to believe he might have been able to do this in 1946.

At the end of the War Germany sent a submarine, which fortunately was captured, attempting to get nuclear secrets to Japan. It is therefore an imaginable scenario that an atomic attack by Germany on the US East Coast might have been combined with a Japanese atomic attack on the West Coast.

It is perhaps worth mentioning that the British, although they did not tell their people, seriously considered the possibility that the V2s aimed at London in 1944 might have atomic warheads. Bunkers hardened against nuclear attack were constructed in Whitehall and preparations were made for use of the underground system as nuclear shelter.

Answer 2

I do not believe Hitler would have used any nukes to attempt to destroy large targets like major cities. I think he would have found a way of developing nukes for use on small targets, like 1 plane dropping 1 bomb on an aircraft carrier or battle cruiser or destroyer to remove it as a threat. Back then the only way to cross the distance between the US and Europe was by ship, and almost all the British troops moved to Europe were by ship, so he would have had a major tactical advantage. Strategically speaking, given his population support and widespread control of most of Europe, having control of who lands on European soil would have been the tipping factor of the conflict. Major destruction of people he cared little about, being non-jewish, would not have been either a high priority or of great benefit to him.
Having said that, Hitler still would have eventually lost at some point, since his reign would have continued to grow across Asia and the dictators in power in those countries with far greater populations than Europe would never have accepted invasion, and joined allied forces in eliminating the Nazi movement.
It was a lost cause from the beginning, and any attempt to eliminate a system of belief will end the same way in the future, because everyone is a potential believer.

Answer 3

you are all wrong!!!!!!!!!!! if the luftwaffer had won the battle of brittain the atomic bomb would have been produced in 1941-42 with england out of the war there would have been no greek campagain therefor operation barborosser would have started 6 weekes earlyier wich would have given the germans time to take moscow before the winter set in. with out moscow the russians would have collapsed in early 1942 this is universaly aggred by all major historians. with europe securly under the nazis the germans would have attacked america with an atomic bomb in 1944 (the plans were drawn up and had been aproved by 1940) the germans not only had missiles capable of reaching new york but (this is a very very well kept secrect that few people know) the germans had a sqaudren of bombers capable of reaching america from germany in fact in 1944 one was flown from the german boader to america and over new york.

seeing that the americans only managed to make an atom bomb with our (english) and german scientests the americans would have been knocked out of the world basicaly.
and the germans had jet planes and tanks that wernt rivaled by any thing the western allies had until the 50's

Answer 4

London England, this would have shut down the bases and nation that the US depended on to prosecute the European land campaign. or Moscow of the Soviet Union.
A pure military target would have been the Ports along the English channel or coast of France.
Hitting the United States would have been hard to do until a way to deliver the bombs was made, the V-2 missiles would have carried the bomb to England or Russia easy.

Answer 5

As others have said it depends what time in the war he was able to make it.

At the beginning it would have been useless because he did not have a warplane capable of delivering something as large as the bombs that where dropped on Japan. The only four engined bomber was the maritime patrol aircraft Focke Wulf 'Condor' which was notoriously structurally weak. This was because Hitler in his wisdom had persecuted the leading bomber designer in pre war Germany because he was Jewish.

Later in the war he could have put a bomb on top of the V2 Rocket, which was within range of London, but at this time I would guess that it would have been used as a tactical nuclear weapon to halt the Russian advance which was the biggest threat to Germany.

At the end of the war Goebbels was always alluding to a 'secret weapon' which would have saved Germany, and they did produce the first cruise missile (V1) ballistic missile (V2) jet Fighter/bomber (delayed by 2 years because of Hitlers interference) the first rocket powered plane and the heaviest tank.
Unfortunately for Hitler the war was won by mass produced aircraft and tanks.

Answer 6

London, springs to mind first even though without America the UK would have fallen fairly easily after a few years, but had the bomb been dropped early in the war the US may have only fought against Japan and kept to supplying Britain, not open combat.
A Russian target most likely as they posed the greatest threat to the German war machine.
Followed by Washington, but the logistics of being able to get a heavy bomber within range of D.C in those days are nearly impossible, especially during war time. So if it was an American target it most likely would have been a US base on foreign soil.

Answer 7

By that point, it would have been the United States, as he was already developing intercontinental Bombers, such as the Arado E.555 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arado_E.555). If he had developed the Nuclear bomb, New York would be a prime target. The US Forces had joined the war by that point and were supplying Britain with vehicles and troops to man an invasion force (We could sustain a good defence, but not push to invade without them.)

(We would have survived an invasion, The accurate wargame was played out by German and Allied commanders (Who were in command during the war) after the war and the Brits held out, pushed the German forces back and defeated the invasion force, before they reached London!.)

Answer 8

We know it was none of the countries he already occupied, he did not seem very concerned about the neutral countries, and Asis was fighting a different enemy.

I would therefore have to conclude that it would have been an industrial city, a port or metal-industry hub, either in the US, the UK, the Soviet Union or Egypt/Saudi

... we can be thankful that the US & the UK did not use it in Europe, and that only two such bombs were used in total, for there was no limit to how much damage the frenzy of hate and retaliations could have caused.

Answer 9

I asked my Uncle Marmaduke who was a member of the War Office during the darker days of the Second World War (he’s a good source for such information and he’s already answered a similar question here on YA).

He tells me it would depend as to when they developed it. In the early days of the war clearly Britain would have been the target. However, without a doubt, later in the war the prime candidate would have been Russia (Moscow). After all, he mounted the pre-emptive attack on Russia so a little help from an atomic bomb would have gone a long way to providing a knock-out blow to Russia.

Later in the war, development of the bomb would have helped in the defence of Germany and held back the Slavic hoards.

Uncle Marmaduke has most enjoyed this question. It brought back many memories of those dark days when Britain was struggling on its own, standing up for democracy and civilisation, while the Americans (as usual) turned up late after making a fortune in selling arms and supplies. One advantage of these dark days was the blackout, so Uncle Marmaduke says, nobody could see what he was up to with his secretary.

Hope this helps. Chin Chin.

Answer 10

whoever said he would of beat britain in the end without americas help. WRONG AGAIN

Anyway his first targets would of been London and New York. I cant remember the program but this was mentioned aswell as how america got information germany was developing a new kind of bomb. ie the atom bomb. He wpuld of used it not as america did because at the time he was struggling to keep the war going but as an act of desperation which i would of guessed would of ment the total annihilation of germany and its people through allied bombing 24/7. Remember Britain doesnt give up its land.