The Baseball Player-Turned-Spy Who Went Undercover to Assassinate the Nazis’ Top Nuclear Scientist by Zachary Clary
Sep 1, 2023 18:59:50 #
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-baseball-player-turned-spy-who-went-undercover-to-assassinate-the-nazis-top-nuclear-scientist-180982813/?
During World War II, the OSS sent Moe Berg to Europe, where he gathered intel on Germany’s efforts to build an atomic bomb
Morris “Moe” Berg in 1933. Dubbed the “brainiest man in baseball” due to his knack for languages and quick wit, the catcher joined the OSS in 1943. Bettmann via Getty Images
During World War II, the OSS sent Moe Berg to Europe, where he gathered intel on Germany’s efforts to build an atomic bomb
Morris “Moe” Berg in 1933. Dubbed the “brainiest man in baseball” due to his knack for languages and quick wit, the catcher joined the OSS in 1943. Bettmann via Getty Images
Sep 1, 2023 19:45:56 #
bcheary wrote:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-baseball-player-turned-spy-who-went-undercover-to-assassinate-the-nazis-top-nuclear-scientist-180982813/?
During World War II, the OSS sent Moe Berg to Europe, where he gathered intel on Germany’s efforts to build an atomic bomb’
Morris “Moe” Berg in 1933. Dubbed the “brainiest man in baseball” due to his knack for languages and quick wit, the catcher joined the OSS in 1943. Bettmann via Getty Images
During World War II, the OSS sent Moe Berg to Europe, where he gathered intel on Germany’s efforts to build an atomic bomb’
Morris “Moe” Berg in 1933. Dubbed the “brainiest man in baseball” due to his knack for languages and quick wit, the catcher joined the OSS in 1943. Bettmann via Getty Images
If you are interested in Berg, you would probably enjoy wis biography, The Catcher Was A Spy.
Sep 1, 2023 20:12:45 #
Mac wrote:
If you are interested in Berg, you would probably enjoy wis biography, The Catcher Was A Spy.
Sep 2, 2023 08:56:12 #
LoisCroft
Loc: Jonesborough, Tennessee
I saw the reference to that book in the article. Looks very interesting. I’m excited to read it.
Sep 2, 2023 11:26:05 #
LoisCroft wrote:
I saw the reference to that book in the article. Looks very interesting. I’m excited to read it.
Sep 2, 2023 15:13:23 #
Was he REALLY trusting his intuition that the Germans weren't close to a bomb? Big gamble.
Sep 2, 2023 15:30:44 #
SteveR wrote:
Was he REALLY trusting his intuition that the Germans weren't close to a bomb? Big gamble.
I guess that we will never know!
Sep 2, 2023 15:36:58 #
bcheary wrote:
I guess that we will never know!
May be why he didn't make the cut.
Sep 2, 2023 15:37:28 #
Sep 2, 2023 17:05:17 #
SteveR wrote:
Was he REALLY trusting his intuition that the Germans weren't close to a bomb? Big gamble.
You should read the book. To make it short he had a photographic memory, the OSS had him study nuclear physics. He parachuted into Germany (pretty gutsy for a Jew to solo jump into Nazi Germany) and joined the team that was already there.
Sep 2, 2023 17:07:39 #
LoisCroft wrote:
I saw the reference to that book in the article. Looks very interesting. I’m excited to read it.
It is very interesting.
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