1945 -- uranuim to Japan.

[maury <maury@WEBTEXAS.COM>]

Recently came across this interesting tidbit of history -- can anyone

say more now about the uranium being sent to Japan?

Thanks,

Maury       maury@webtexas.com

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 1945

Germany's largest U-boat, the 1,700 ton Type XB minelayer U-234 – was at



sea when the war ended, and surrendered in mid-ocean to an American

destroyer escort. Her original destination had been Japan; her cargo

included two complete ME-262 jet fighters (disassembled in crates, but

with complete technical data) and 550 kilograms of Uranium 235 (or

Uranium oxide -- sources differ), packed in lead containers. The reason

the uranium was being sent to Japan has never been determined – or, at

least, revealed.



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