Oppenheimer, a Communist Spy? The true story! - WW2 Documentary Special

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Was J. Robert Oppenheimer secretly aiding the Soviets? In this episode, we dig into his alleged connections with the Soviet Spy Couple, the Zarubins, his involvement in the Manhattan Project, and the mystery surrounding his true loyalties.
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@WorldWarTwo День назад

As you now know, whether Oppenheimer was a Spy is still hotly debated today. What do you think, Scientist or Spy, let us know!

@FrankBarnwell-xi8my День назад

I've decided. Your lipstick is far more awesomeness than Indy's ties! Lovely 🌹

@paultapner2769 17 часов назад

I don't think I'd dare disagree with either Anna or Astrid. So: yes.

@CAP198462 17 часов назад

Scientist, the book The Sword and the Shield mentions nothing of Oppenheimer except name, age, and title.

@TheEvertw 16 часов назад

Science has always flourished from the Free Exchange of Knowledge and many scientists are pretty religious about it. Thus acts that to Oppenheimer may have seemed the regular actions of a Scientist, may have been seen by others as espionage. So my answer: Both.

@m.mm.m9277 9 часов назад

@@TheEvertw No his own staff didn't trust him

@robertosborne8694 День назад

Regardless of where you fall on the Oppenheimer question, I think we can agree this was one of Astrid and Anna’s best episodes

@WorldWarTwo 12 часов назад

Thank you for watching!

@clownpendotfart День назад

Oppenheimer wrote and paid for a pamphlet supporting the USSR's invasion of Finland. That's rather hardline Stalinist. This isn't to say that he retained the same beliefs later on.

@Compulsive_LARPer День назад

Maybe that's how he grabbed the Soviets' attention.

@kingjames3949 День назад

America didn’t oppose the Soviet Invasion of Finland nor Poland

@clownpendotfart День назад

@@kingjames3949 America was officially neutral at the time. Oppenheimer was not.

@kingjames3949 День назад

@@clownpendotfart “Officially” The entire West/Allies didn’t oppose either invasion.

@buckhorncortez 20 часов назад

Specious comment, given the stance by the United States, Britain, and France on the issue.

@User.mindyourownbusiness94 День назад

1) Anna is really cute 2) Soviets probably wanted Oppenheimer to look as a "soviet spy" regardless of what he actually did. If the head of Manhattan project is proven communist, that's excellent for soviet ideology and propaganda at home and overseas. 3) if Soviets wanted information about Manhattan project, they could find out what so many factories in US were producing during war, what was the purpose of spending so much money in the middle of nowhere. 4) nuclear science research was ongoing in Germany, Japan, Britain before it started in USA. Nuclear potential, the neutron, nuclear reactions were known science to the world before ww2 . It was a matter of time until Soviets created their own bomb.

@UncleDansVintageVinyl День назад

They're both lovely! And cool!

@deviladv 23 часа назад

It's always a matter of time, but as history shows us, the when is just as important as the what. Would the Soviets gotten the bomb as early as they did without spying? Would the US gotten out to a much further lead in power and number of bombs, leading to a feeling that the US could have taken more risks in the cold war? Would the Soviets have failed so many times that they would have been a laughing stock and affected their standing internationally? The biggest issue in the cold war is that there was a perception that the Soviets were militarily on par with the US, but what if they weren't?

@kyu6938 21 час назад

above me is an american writing a fantasy novel

@buckhorncortez 19 часов назад

@@kyu6938 Too many "what ifs" for me. Speculation is exactly that, and a waste of ones and zeros. People with true knowledge of physics at the time said that the Russians could develop a bomb on their own in 3 to 5 years. The "Smyth Report," written by physicist Henry DeWolf Smyth and officially titled "Atomic Energy for Military Purposes" was published in 1945. It inadvertently aided the Russians as the original had a description of xenon poisoning in reactors which was eliminated in the final version. The report described all of the project leaving out strategic information like the configuration of the Urchin and timing of the detonation system, etc.

@iamtpac8335 8 часов назад

"Anna is really cute." That is a major understatement!

@douglasschafer6372 23 часа назад

These two ladies are not suffering from their excentricities, they are reveling in it. Entertaining.

@MrDubyadee1 2 часа назад

I have to watch their episodes twice. The first time for the entertainment and the second time for the information.

@gabrielleonard4221 22 часа назад

Trivia, his wife, my mother, and I were once at the same hospital at the same time. I was coming into this world while she, Ms. Oppenheimer, was sadly departing this world.

@davidjernigan8161 День назад

Anyone with a security clearance is required to report any contact with foreign agents or suspected agents

@francislemay8867 День назад

Why do I love your "arguing" so much?? 😅😅😅 Great episode. You ladies are simply brilliant!

@baeticus1 День назад

It's the good interrogator and bad interrogator technique... 😅😂

@randallporter4306 День назад

Have you not been around smart morthers and daughters

@WorldWarTwo 11 часов назад

Thank you for watching!

@bobkitchin8346 День назад

I'm curious about what role Frank Oppenheimer, Robert's brother, played in all of this.

@lastmanstanding-xp3ub 22 часа назад

Wasn't he one of those "Rote Pests," Iike legitimately & openly and well known because of it?

@rawiri8 День назад

RIDDLE ME THIS, MOTHER 🗣️🗣️🗣️

@UncleDansVintageVinyl День назад

A complete delight, and informative too! Thanks to all!

@ralphturner3798 День назад

I like the facial expressions and hand movements that both of you engage in when the other is speaking.

@WorldWarTwo 12 часов назад

They have a lot of fun together!

@fuzzydunlop7928 День назад

This was a pleasure to watch. I can't believe it took this long to get grabbed by Spies and Ties. I have a LOT of catching up to do. And oh yeah, he was a Spyientist!

@lawrencerockwood7623 День назад

My ex-CIA then Soviet specialist for Air Force intelligence in the 1950s father had a name for Oppemheimer's generation : ' premature anti-Fascists.' Never said anything else related to his work. I think that says a lot about liberal attitudes during WWII toward the pro- Lincoln Brigade sympathizers.

@TerrellThomas1971 18 часов назад

Yes, that says it all

@yesterdaysnews3524 День назад

I haven't watched this series in a while. You got me back.

@WorldWarTwo 11 часов назад

Thanks for watching.

@frictionhitch 23 часа назад

Well done ladies. I absolutely love how this channel manages to inform the viewer of the actual factual history more or less without putting us to sleep. The mother-daughter disagreement schtick was genius. I personally can't wait to see what next controversy you both disagree about

@vksasdgaming9472 22 часа назад

In Nolan's film there is telling scene in which general Groves says that Oppenheimer would not be considered reliable enough on then-current standards. Then he adds that none of scientific minds of Manhattan Project would qualify either.

@buckhorncortez 20 часов назад

That's because Lewis Strauss (the head of the Atomic Energy Commission) had the standards changed as a method of getting even with Oppenheimer for embarrassing him in front of Congress. Strauss was petty and vindictive and had a self-defined mission to get even with Oppenheimer.

@vksasdgaming9472 15 часов назад

@@buckhorncortez Petty and vindictive might be true, but tightening security demands is very rational.

@muddybootknight6319 День назад

Going off your other videos on this subject I think the better question would be: who was involved in the Manhattan project and wasn’t a soviet spy?

@charliesmith4072 17 часов назад

There were 8,000 employees at Los Alamos alone.

@iosifleibin8340 12 часов назад

Me. Source: me.

@FrankBarnwell-xi8my День назад

I've pondered this some time. Not a spy. But knew the physics of the bomb was a matter of time and expense. The USSR had both time and resources. And minds. Loyal to the country that supported he and fellow scientists diving into atomic physics

@josephahner3031 13 часов назад

Why would two senior Soviet spies lie to each other? Because they are both part of an authoritarian regime where personal reputation is more important than the mission and peers attempting to undermine and even have each other executed was common practice under Stalin's regime.

@edwardblair4096 2 часа назад

So, did they write their scripts separately and only reveal them while filming? Probably not, but it is fun to think about that possibility. I love the dynamics between the "rising star" trying out her new moves, and the "established matron" who still has a few tricks up her sleeve that she hasn't revealed yet.

@chuckvt5196 7 часов назад

Great video! I really enjoyed it, and it looks like Anna and Astrid were having too much fun..but that makes it even better! Always love this mother/daughter team!

@carthagodelenda9014 8 часов назад

Brilliant episode. A real joy to watch you both bantering. :)

@quinnpittman2477 11 часов назад

What a fun episode. I love the back and forth. This is almost exactly like a conversation I had with my parents recently!

@annehersey9895 15 часов назад

I absolutely love that sweater Anna! People don’t realize what a beautiful color Brown can actually be. It’s wonderful for your complexion and coloring! Love Spies and Ties!

@randyherbrechtsmeier9769 21 час назад

You two are a Blast o Watch. Informative and Funny all at the same Time. Classy Duo!!!!

@unclelex2006 15 часов назад

Nice performance, Anna and Astrid! Long live The Balance Of Power!

@philiptaylor1057 23 часа назад

LoL I love all the facial expressions and the banter back and forth 😊 Keep up the great work 👍

@jameshaxby5434 8 часов назад

After reading about him, I am shocked that they put him in charge of anything important. He twice chocked men who he was jealous of. He tried to kill a woman who he was jealous of, by dropping a suitcase off of a balcony on her. And his gf died under mysterious circumstances.

@DavidChipman День назад

I hope you might mention Igor Gouzenko in one of these videos. Thanks,

@earlyriser8998 23 часа назад

I love this give and take dynamic of the show. He was later excluded for reasons not mentioned.

@QuatroAtYale 23 часа назад

Yah know, I do not have any more certainty about Oppenheimer, but you two are delightful! Keep up the good work.

@maciejkamil 7 часов назад

I loved that debate during the second half of the episode! Both perspectives were treated with respekt, and both were equally represented.

@ronjohnson6916 23 часа назад

I didn't realize that the Oppenheimer situation was still that ambiguous. Great episode.

@buckhorncortez 21 час назад

It's not. This has all been covered in excruciating detail in many books and biographies. This is purely RU-vid clickbait for people who haven't taken the time to thoroughly delve into Oppenheimer and the Manhattan Project. "American Prometheus The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer," "Robert Oppenheimer: A Life Inside the Center," "Robert Oppenheimer: Letters and Recollections," "The General and the Genius: Groves and Oppenheimer - The Unlikely Partnership that Built the Atom Bomb," and, of course, "The Making of the Atomic Bomb." To name only a few of the books that include the subject of Oppenheimer and his ties to the Communist Party.

@Paladin1873 21 час назад

@@buckhorncortez And the answer is . . . ?

@obsidianjane4413 20 часов назад

@@Paladin1873 Bucky is an Oppy fanboie who can't imagine him being "imperfect" from the 'Merican stereotype.

@Paladin1873 20 часов назад

@@obsidianjane4413 From what I recall, Edward Teller didn't think he was a spy, just a naive and trusting fool at times.

@obsidianjane4413 19 часов назад

@@Paladin1873 That describes most American socialists really...

@zoon4498 9 часов назад

very funny and interesting episode! thanks❤

@mathias369 13 часов назад

Great video, looking forward for the bloopers, Anna was hilarious on the last one 😆

@wernereugelink 6 часов назад

Always refreshing!

@alejandrayalanbowman367 6 часов назад

The British were developing the Atomic bomb and the Americans were terrified in case it ended up in the enemy's hands. So they required it to all be shipped to the US as the Manhattan Project and Oppenheimer got all the credit.

@StevenSmith-dc1fq День назад

Delightful. Also more frank than one usually sees on the Oppenheimer issue.

@kidmohair8151 День назад

ladies, ladies, ladies.... there're enough high heels for everyone! (he said, stealing a line from "Birdcage" [i think]... nope. "The Boys in the Band")

@walterreeves3679 16 часов назад

If the head of the Manhattan Project were a Soviet Spy, why on earth would they need any other agents in the project? Oppy could have provided them with every single piece of intelligence they needed without the risk that a large scale network entailed. No need to recruit amateurs like Julius Rosenberg from the ranks of the CPUSA. Moreover, if there had been any credible evidence that he was spying, why wasn't it used to discredit him later on? It would certainly have made the case that he shouldn't have a security clearance a slam dunk.

@annehersey9895 14 часов назад

The one thing that has always made the Communist connection with some who worked on the bomb that makes this a gray area is that the US and the Soviet Union were Allies. The two didn’t become enemies until the Cold War started. What I did learn was that Oppenheimer was uncomfortable with only one country having the weapon thinking it could be used for world domination, blackmail etc.

@vksasdgaming9472 12 часов назад

He as scientist should have known that other countries would eventually also develop it as theoretical knowledge was there and all that was needed was will and ability. What always hampered domestic communists in every country was Soviet insistence of controlling them either directly or their own approved henchmen and many such national communists were quite uneager to just be Kremlin's expendable hand puppet.

@annehersey9895 12 часов назад

@@vksasdgaming9472 Yes, that’s why Tito refused to fully join with Stalin. He had lived and worked with the party in Russia and knew Stalin and wasn’t willing to be a puppet. I always wondered why he was never killed by Stalin, maybe Stalin died before he got to Tito. He did have his hands full after the war getting his European satellites up and running plus the Balkans have always been a tough region to handle because nobody liked nobody!

@MacGuyver85 6 часов назад

Intriguing, thank you!

@davinoc8559 18 часов назад

The videos are much more fun when they have a few drinks first. I like the new formula.

@gordongt1272 23 часа назад

What a great story, wonderfully told by both of you. Long may you wave.

@donaldhill3823 День назад

His wife could have been the spy even if he was not. Things like that have been known to happen.

@marcsteenbergen3254 20 часов назад

Hey no catfighting in the war room.❤🎉😂

@bananabourbonaenima 18 часов назад

15:17 This is actually not true. Oppie notified army intelligence of his approach by Eltenton (through Haakon Chevalier). This in turn led to the infamous Chevalier incident.

@spookerredmenace3950 23 часа назад

always love Astrid's hats! great video, looking good ladies

@nickfuryallen6245 19 часов назад

This was very charming. Like if you put me and my mother in front of a camera to discuss the Oxford comma. But with fewer knives. And more intact eyes at the end.

@huntersmillie00 3 часа назад

I think he was savvy enough not get directly involved in spying.

@andrewwmacfadyen6958 12 часов назад

Without Oppenheimer the Allies wouldn't have had the bomb in 1945. It was Oppenheimer's combination of decisiveness managerial ability interpersonal skills and scientific insight when combined with General Groves handling of what we now call the political military-industrial complex that drove the whole project progress..

@baeticus1 День назад

Good afternoon from Portugal, ma'ams. Can I keep my Beretta .25? 😎😅Thank you very much for the excellent video.

@Rocdog День назад

OMG! You two were hilarious in this video! This was a great video and informative. I believe Oppenheimer was taken advantage of because of his idealistic views of the world. Do I think he was a spy? No not at all.

@karlbrundage7472 День назад

I prefer the eminent scientist Wisenheimer

@robdgaming 6 часов назад

This is the first I've heard of the NKVD under Beria exonerating someone of an allegation of treason. I'm sure the story of whoever ratted Zarubin out to both J. Edgar Hoover and Stalin is quite interesting. I guess the NKVD figured out that the rat was just being a rat. But the story is probably in unreleased files.

@Doug_Dimmadome День назад

I dont think he directly gave the soviets info but definitely knew about the spies among the group.

@buckhorncortez 21 час назад

No, he didn't. There is no evidence to support that contention. It was Leslie Groves's job to provide security for the entire project. Oppenheimer had nothing to do with security on the project. Fuchs was allowed into the project because Groves was assured by the British (who provided Fuchs for the project) that they had done a complete background check - which was a total fabrication by the British.

@balancedactguy День назад

Anna ist doch schön!!

@SamBroadway 21 час назад

Performances by the ladies Worthy the Oscar nominations

@williammeyer214 День назад

To better understand an American’s attraction to or sympathy for so called communist causes I recommend Being Red by Howard Fast. It was an education for me.

@buckhorncortez 21 час назад

Oppenheimer supported the American Communist Party because they were directly helping the anti-fascists in Spain. He did not support the ideals and philosophies of Marxism or Communism.

@buckhorncortez 20 часов назад

In the 1930s, Communism was viewed as a "new" way to organize a country's government. In fact, the United States Communist Party rented Madison Square Garden for their national convention and 65,000 people attended the convention.

@TerrellThomas1971 18 часов назад

I would prefer, just by personal bias, the Autobiography of Richard Wright

@chrisgay4786 23 часа назад

I think I learned dont' get between 2 Deinhard's when they are talking about spys.

@TheFistytheCLown День назад

Yes...No...Maybe...I don't know...Can you repeat the question?

@spartacus-olsson День назад

😂

@themashroomiatube6511 16 часов назад

Robot Julius Oppenheimer 🤖

@peteranderson037 23 часа назад

Oppenheimer didn't want to be a Soviet spy, but he didn't try very hard at not being a Soviet spy, either.

@TerrellThomas1971 18 часов назад

Look at the times . Progressive people who hated racism, the Capitalist class structure and the rise of fascism looked to the Soviet Union ...

@archstanton6102 9 часов назад

Anna is very brave to say shush to Astrid. Don't think i have ever seen Sparty or Indi ever say this.

@annadeinhard8971 8 часов назад

It’s called the daughter bonus 😇

@archstanton6102 5 часов назад

@@annadeinhard8971 thank you for your reply. Would love to see Sparty try this and the resulting reaction.

@spartacus-olsson Час назад

@@archstanton6102that would be too costly for my taste… and in any case, I would have no reason - my wife is always right…

@archstanton6102 55 минут назад

@@spartacus-olsson Hi Sparty, if i ever see you presenting a video in an eye patch or dark glasses, i will know you caught one of thise wandering hands! Thank you

@gth042 Час назад

I figured Oppenheimer was too busy to do much spying. That was a heck of a difficult and complicated job. Besides, he had a lot of eyes on him unlike the "underlings". I don't believe he thought the Soviets stood a chance of making the bomb before the Americans. It's not like German and other scientists fled and went to the Soviet Union on any relevant scale. He had to know that (he hired them).

@noahcount7132 День назад

Excellent, ladies! 👍 You're also excellent ladies! 👍 Love your animated presentations. ❤ While I believe Anna got it right about Oppenheimer, I'm aware that the matter remains hotly contested.

@StArShIpEnTeRpRiSe 15 часов назад

I just ask this: Isn't the perfect spy someone who doesn't know about himself that he's a spy?

@garrett8732 11 часов назад

That was very informative and highly entertaining. They should do a mother/ daughter tour, kind of like a vaudeville act. But seriously, I think Anna might be closer to the truth, but Oppenheimer was too much of a loose cannon idealist to be truely helpful to the Soviets.

@davidmehling4310 День назад

Point, counterpoint Deinhart style

@LeonardCooperman 11 часов назад

You ladies are awesome what a show! Oppenheimer is a fascinating individual but I do believe his beliefs morphed to support and stand by the US.

@MrDubyadee1 2 часа назад

Zarubin has a strong resemblance to Mark Knopfler (Dire Straits). Is there a story there?

@jankowalski3496 8 часов назад

True Story was present in film with Cilian Murphy. Duh. :)

@31terikennedy 8 часов назад

I'm (watching) because of Anna. :D

@obsidianjane4413 День назад

@15:00 Are ya'll reciting comments "discussions"? lol

@MadCow-mb3fw День назад

The "bit" gets in the way of the story on this one.

@benjaminhamel5280 23 часа назад

@browngreen933 День назад

Yes. And nothing has changed since. 😢

@Onewheelordeal 23 часа назад

Anna really giving us some looks lol

@trescatorce9497 День назад

Grigori Kheifetz looks very much like Vladimir Putin

@4tarsus 23 часа назад

These ladies should take over from Dr. Ruth!

@williambird9256 День назад

Oh you two! 😊

@seanlander9321 День назад

Hmmm, whatever. What we do know is it was the British who sold nuclear secrets to the Soviets and who were also providing the Chinese with intelligence during the Korean War.

@acdcdave1387 9 часов назад

LMAO I love it when you two goobers are together on screen, it's always a good time

@alexandrekuritza5685 5 часов назад

He probably was a spy or at the very least sympathizer

@kingerikthegreatest.ofall.7860 7 часов назад

Zwei geniale Frauen. Deutsche Sendung bald?

@AspieBaka 3 часа назад

Anna and Astrid are the cutest ladies of the history community, each one by its way. I wish you girls millions of blessings. P.S.: He was for sure a communist.

@m.a.t.a.s 17 часов назад

You two are really lovely

@111111310 21 час назад

Lol this guy would be in jail if he pulled this today

@JagdeepSandhuSJC 23 часа назад

The Soviets might have saved time by stealing Manhattan secrets. Eventually nation states can develop the bomb.

@vksasdgaming9472 22 часа назад

Stealing secrets is pointless if you can't understand them or make use of them. How To Make Best Crank edited by Jesse Pinkman is useless without expertise on organic synthesis and access to precursor chemicals.

@christopherconard2831 19 часов назад

Absolutely did save time. Also billions of dollars in research. The Soviets did this regularly. China still does it today. Let others do the R&D then just copy the final product.

@stephanvandenadel4647 7 часов назад

nice puns

@wombatwilly1002 День назад

Patton and Churchill were right.

@chrishoskins9189 19 часов назад

Oppy went to a school of ethics.i believe this is his mind.like einstein.we don't know what will happe I think he was ethically correct Thank you darlings

@Thatduckcandraw-sl7mc День назад

Hello

@WorldWarTwo 12 часов назад

Hey there!

@vro1899 21 час назад

So he was a spy

@DarthRaptor22 День назад

Im a simp for Anna

@davidjernigan8161 День назад

With all the communists surrounding Oppenheimer, he should never been made part of the Manhattan project.

@obsidianjane4413 День назад

Nuclear physicist didn't exactly grow on trees in the '30s, and leftist sympathies were/are pretty common in academia. The failure was really in American counter-intelligence not interdicting Soviet penetration of the program.

@buckhorncortez 21 час назад

Once at Los Alamos, there were no "communists surrounding Oppenheimer." There were four people identified as spies working on the Manhattan Project - Klaus Fuchs, Theodore Hall, David Greenglass, and Oscar Seborer.

@buckhorncortez 20 часов назад

Oppenheimer was not "surrounded by Communists." While he associated with them, he did so because the American Communist Party was the only entity in the United States that was directly supporting the anti-fascists in Spain. In his mind, he was helping defeat fascism NOT supporting the philosophies of Marx, Stalin, or Communism.

@obsidianjane4413 20 часов назад

@@buckhorncortez That is not true. There would have been non-communist orgs like the Republican Red Cross he could have donated to. At this time, Americans would not have been "anti-fascist". That wasn't a thing in the US. If you had any interest in the Spanish Civil War, it was because you wanted the communists to win. If you were giving to communist organizations, and if you hung out with communists, guess what? But Oppenheimer was smart enough to realize that any leftist leanings he might have had would have been unconducive to him have a high level role in atomic physics, so he buried that.

@sailordude2094 Час назад

Why did he call the first bomb "Trinity" when he was an atheist? And not born a Chri stian? I wonder if anyone asked him? I like how you are labeled far right if you are right wing on the smallest subject that differs from the left but if you are on the left maybe he just dabbled? It's always minimized as not that bad a thing, lol.

@merlinwizard1000 День назад

6th, 3 October 2024

@damascus21 День назад

I think not. Though he espoused communism he ultimately didn't have the balls to actually be one

@ZigZagKid_AZ День назад

Communist in the Spanish civil war?!

@ZigZagKid_AZ День назад

That was a very informative episode, thank you young ladies and the whole time ghost!

@garyK.45ACP День назад

The Spanish "Republicans" were Communists, supported by the USSR. Franco's "Nationalists" were fascists, supported by Germany.

@benjaminhamel5280 23 часа назад

yeah they were hundreds of thousands of communists and communists adjacent participants in the war. Many even think that the anarchists lost because the communist betryaed them