The Birth of Television

[Peter Lemkin]

Peter, do you have sources on U-234 (shouldn't it have been the U-238?!)? Links? Books? Sounds like an interesting read.

One of the true coincidences in life is the name of the U-boat [not renamed, but perhaps chosen for its mission - it was one of the Nazis latest, best and newest...they were consecutively numbered]. U-234 was the sub. U-238 is the 'stuff'.....odd.

Best book, I think, is: Critical Mass: How Nazi Germany Surrendered Enriched Uranium for the US Atom Bomb – Hydrick (Whitehurst & Co. $29.95). There are two new books out on the subject which I've not read, but get the feeling they are likely intel 're-writing' of Hydrick's book. NB - Hydrick made two editions - get the newer one, not sure of the date, but the revised is the one to get! Great book!

The other two [I won't vouch for] are: "Germany's Last Mission to Japan: The Failed Voyage of U-234" by Joseph M. Scalia
"The Last Great Secret of the Third Reich: The True Story of a U-Boat Commander Who Defied the Orders of His Nazi Leaders and Changed the Course of modern civilization" by Arthur O. Naujoks & Lee Nelson