David Irving examines Germany’s nuclear research during the Second World War, drawing on interviews with scientists and wartime documentation. This hardback edition presents his account of the German atomic programme.
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The Virus House: Hitler's Race for the Atomic Bomb examines Nazi Germany’s nuclear weapons program through interviews, private papers, intelligence files, and wartime documents.
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This gripping 303-page work draws from firsthand interviews with Hitler’s own atomic scientists, alongside newly released intelligence files, private diaries, and declassified wartime documents. The book examines how a critical 1942 miscalculation shaped Germany’s nuclear ambitions and the wider wartime race for atomic research.
A detailed account based on direct interviews with German scientists, alongside wartime files and private papers.
Includes secret Nazi research files uncovered in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, plus newly released private papers, scientific notes, and intelligence reports.
A single mathematical mistake—made at the peak of Nazi scientific progress—derailed their nuclear ambitions. This book reveals who made it, why it went unnoticed, and how it changed global history.
A detailed account of the British Special Operations Executive’s raids on Norway’s heavy-water plant, some of the most daring sabotage missions of WWII.
Includes discussion of figures such as Werner Heisenberg (Nobel Prize physicist) and Lt. General Leslie Groves, the commanding officer of the Manhattan Project.
The book examines the progress of Germany’s nuclear research through early 1942 and the chain of decisions, errors, and interventions that shaped the programme.
Meticulously researched and grounded in irreplaceable primary sources, The Virus House offers a chilling, factual, and deeply human narrative of one of the most dangerous scientific races in history.
Author David Irving was granted direct access to both the German nuclear scientists and their restricted wartime files—material central to Irving’s reconstruction of the programme. With original transcripts, technical notes, and eyewitness accounts, this book reconstructs the secret history behind the Nazi atomic program in substantial detail.
World War II history and secret weapons research
Espionage, intelligence missions, and wartime sabotage
Military strategy and technological innovation
Real-life thriller narratives based on classified documents
Scholarly research grounded in original primary sources
Available in the public research corpus
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Author profile
David Irving is a renowned British historian and author of over 30 books. Known for his meticulous primary source research, he has spent decades in archives across the globe, unearthing diaries, documents, and first-hand accounts that have reshaped our understanding of the Second World War and its key figures.
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