"How They Stopped Hitler's Nuclear Weapons Program" by Bohdan O. Szuprowicz His Most Popular E-Book

June 27, 2012 - PRLog -- At a time when North Korea is threatening nuclear attacks it is worth remembering previous situations when nuclear weapons were threatening the world.

When nuclear fission was discovered by German scientists in 1938, it was immediately brought to Hitler’s attention, and top Nazi strategists stressed the potential for the development of atom bombs.

As soon as World War II began in September 1939, nuclear development was taken over by the German Army Ordnance Office. The most powerful and influential physicists and weapons experts were involved in what was informally known as the “Uranium Club.”  By 1941 they already patented the design for a plutonium bomb.

Occultism in many forms flourished in Nazi Germany and there was some belief that Hitler was influenced by it. British Intelligence also informed Churchill that all astrologers close to Hitler advised him against the invasion of England in 1940. In reality German Luftwaffe lost so many planes and pilots during the Battle of Britain that Hitler abandoned Operation Sea Lion altogether.

This suggested a possible operation to influence Hitler to terminate nuclear weapons development by creating a Babylonian Guru who would predict how Nazi Germany will fare with different weapons programs. The Guru would  operate in Iraq where a revolt against the British was taking place. He would also suggest that Hitler will survive any assassination attempt as long as he concentrates on his divine mission to eliminate Jews from Europe and Arab lands.

Strictly speaking it is a synopsis or outline for a non-fiction novel. It could also be considered as a pitch for a screenplay about the fictional attempt to influence Hitler to stop the atom bomb development. There are enough historical facts to suggest that such action was feasible whether or not it took place. Continuing classification of archives from those times makes it impossible to verify and only adds to the mystery.

The author is aware that the story is not fully developed for turning it into a movie. There are no women involved and no love interest outlined in the story so far but it is quite clear that opportunities for development here are numerous,

The nature of the story is what it is because originally the author planned to use the character of Sherlock Holmes as the mastermind who impersonated a Babylonian Guru in Iraq. However after exploring the issues of Holmes character use licensing needs in the UK and in the USA the author abandoned that approach.

In fact a major reason for terminating the idea to use Sherlock Holmes surfaced when the author toured a naval museum exhibit in Mobile, Alabama, which included a tour of an old submarine. It became clear to the author that Sherlock Holmes would have been an old man in his eighties in 1940 and would be in no condition to handle the bulkheads inside a submarine. Hence the invention of Patrick Denholm, who is a completely fictional character, but much more appropriate for the role.

The invention of the diaries kept by the protagonist supposedly describing the highly secret mission is of course pure fiction. These never existed except in the author’s imagination. However the reunion of schoolmates to climb Schiehallion did take place.

The author is developing  another story titled “How To Become a Member of the Schiehallion Club” which is a real operation based in Kinloch Rannoch.

References to historical events are real but the existence of any person acting as described in those places during those times is purely fictional. Any resemblance of characters appearing in the story to actual persons, living or in heaven, is pure coincidence.

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