>So, the Germans would use early atomic weapons as battlefield tactical weapons? Pre-Trinity, pre-Hiroshima most people had no idea what a nuclear weapon could

>So, the Germans would use early atomic weapons as battlefield tactical weapons? Pre-Trinity, pre-Hiroshima most people had no idea what a nuclear weapon could do. You can tell a general twenty kilotons of TNT, but he isn't going to believe it until he sees it. See also: the Davy Crockett tactial nuke. >There's a million ways that could go wrong, Another thing that everyone knows, now. Remember, we used to do atmospheric testing of the things mere tens of miles from populated areas. https://imgur.com/gallery/8j0VRkn https://imgur.com/gallery/8j0VRkn