The Bastard Brigade - The Most Wanted Men | 5

American History Tellers

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Society & Culture, Kids & Family, History, Education For Kids

4.7 • 18.3K Ratings

🗓️ 14 August 2019

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

As the Nazis inched closer to acquiring a nuclear weapon, panic grew among the Allied forces. The Alsos Mission — otherwise known as the Bastard Brigade — was put in charge of gathering intelligence on Hitler’s bomb project, seizing stores of Nazi uranium, and hunting down members of the Uranium Club. The first atomic spy outfit in history was underway.

Their mission was led by the American-born son of a Russian Orthodox bishop, Colonel Boris Pash — a high school teacher, irreverent prankster, and veteran of two wars by his 18th birthday. Pash’s team would pursue leads across Europe, taking them on a dangerous journey from an Antwerp zoo to a French laboratory beset by snipers.

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0:00.0	Hey, prime members, you can listen to American History Tellers add free on Amazon Music,
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0:09.6	Imagine its October 1944, here an American soldier in Belgium on a top secret mission.
0:24.8	After a recent battle, the German Health City of Antwerp has opened up.
0:29.4	It's indicated that the Nazis have been stockpiling uranium somewhere nearby, and you're
0:33.7	racing north in a jeep to look for it.
0:36.6	You weave around the blackened husks of tanks on the road, as well as several charred bodies.
0:42.0	But as grim as that is, nothing prepares you for the scene when you arrive in Antwerp.
0:46.8	You turn to your commanding officer.
0:48.6	Sir, why are we at the zoo?
0:50.6	There are reports of a disturbance here, apparently the locals detained some Nazis.
0:54.5	They might know something about the uranium.
0:57.7	And sure enough, you hear a commotion in the distance near the lion's den, and you start
1:02.3	walking toward it.
1:03.7	But as you pass the elephant pen, you see something.
1:06.6	Are those bones?
1:08.4	I think so.
1:09.8	And a giraffe skeleton?
1:11.6	What do you think they died of?
1:14.0	They didn't just die.
1:15.1	They were eaten.
1:16.1	What?
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