AANW WI: The Allies use nukes on Japan?

ThePest179

Banned
In "The Anglo/American-Nazi War", the Allies decide not to use nuclear weapons on Japan in 1945 because they fear the Nazis will pursue their own program. What if they decide to let the nuclear genie out of the bottle early? What would the Reich's response be?
 
It goes one of two ways, the most logical one is that even the Nazis abandon their beliefs and go "Oh so nukes are a thing... We should probably get to work on that". There is also the possibility of the Soviet disinformation campaign (depending on how convincing it was) making the Nazis think the Nuclear bombings are some sort of elaborate ruse (maybe assuming the Allies have access to thermobaric weapons or something) to scare them, but I think even the Nazis are smarter than that. The Allies are probably going to have to ramp up an atomic bombing campaign to try and bring the Reich to it's knees before they develop their own.

Interesting side affects are that Japan might surrender early, but then again without the USSR invading Manchuria I dont know if that's on the cards. Early Japanese surrender might prompt the Allies to be more aggressive with their nuclear campaign as Japan doesn't go through the whole starvation thing and swing Allied public opinion against causing mass civilian casualties.
 

ThePest179

Banned
Could the Nazis get nukes though? Their IOTL project was a dismal failure, and their hatred of "Jewish Physics" would set them back by a great deal.
 
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