How Did Klaus Fuchs Build The Atomic Bomb
Klaus Fuchs
The race to develop the atomic bomb had begun around the 1940's. World War II was still taking place, and its creation would change the game of war forever. Whoever could create it first would have the power to threaten to destroy entire regions and roll over their enemies. The information that was found during research was vital, and worth so much. Spies at the time were playing a very dangerous game because of the seriousness of the information they were giving away. A few were arrested and put in jail for years, one of them being Klaus Fuchs, a Russian spy who was arguably the most damaging during the development of the Atomic Bomb in Britain and the United States. Klaus Fuchs was born on December 29th, 1911 in Russelsheim Germany. He studied physics at Universities of Leipzig and Kiel, and later fled to Great Britain from Germany with his family in 1933 to avoid the Nazi’s (Britannica). He earned his doctorate in physics at the University of Edinburgh and was invited to a British Program that would study and develop the atomic bomb at …show more content…
His knowledge of the bomb, specifically extracting the Uranium, and the plutonium-fueled bomb, greatly increased through the past few years, and all of it was being given to the Soviets (Blogspot.com). Authorities in Great Britain received information that proved Klaus Fuchs was a spy. He was arrested on February 3rd, 1950, charged with violating the Official Secrets Act (History.com). He was sentenced 14 years in prison after he admitted to the crimes, but it was later reduced because he gave information on who else was involved. Fuchs ratted on Harry Gold, the middleman, who then brought out David Green glass, a coworker of Fuchs in America. Greenglass told about Ethel and Julius Rosenberg who were then executed for their crimes in
The race to develop the atomic bomb had begun around the 1940's. World War II was still taking place, and its creation would change the game of war forever. Whoever could create it first would have the power to threaten to destroy entire regions and roll over their enemies. The information that was found during research was vital, and worth so much. Spies at the time were playing a very dangerous game because of the seriousness of the information they were giving away. A few were arrested and put in jail for years, one of them being Klaus Fuchs, a Russian spy who was arguably the most damaging during the development of the Atomic Bomb in Britain and the United States. Klaus Fuchs was born on December 29th, 1911 in Russelsheim Germany. He studied physics at Universities of Leipzig and Kiel, and later fled to Great Britain from Germany with his family in 1933 to avoid the Nazi’s (Britannica). He earned his doctorate in physics at the University of Edinburgh and was invited to a British Program that would study and develop the atomic bomb at …show more content…
His knowledge of the bomb, specifically extracting the Uranium, and the plutonium-fueled bomb, greatly increased through the past few years, and all of it was being given to the Soviets (Blogspot.com). Authorities in Great Britain received information that proved Klaus Fuchs was a spy. He was arrested on February 3rd, 1950, charged with violating the Official Secrets Act (History.com). He was sentenced 14 years in prison after he admitted to the crimes, but it was later reduced because he gave information on who else was involved. Fuchs ratted on Harry Gold, the middleman, who then brought out David Green glass, a coworker of Fuchs in America. Greenglass told about Ethel and Julius Rosenberg who were then executed for their crimes in