January 3: Confidential information about the creation of an atomic bomb stolen by the Soviet Union

During the Cold War between the US and the Soviet Union, both of these great powers poured a mountain of money to develop military weapons, in which the most destructive weapon studied and manufactured was the atomic bomb.

During the Cold War between the US and the Soviet Union, both of these great powers poured a mountain of money to develop military weapons, in which the most destructive weapon studied and manufactured was the atomic bomb. Americans have successfully built the atomic bomb and tested it many times during the Cold War. This made the Soviet Union very worried.

Therefore, the Soviet Union used spies to steal classified information about the manufacture of an atomic bomb. On January 3, 1950, British scientist Klaus Fuchs, one of the participants in the research and construction of the atomic bomb, was arrested when trying to steal confidential documents of this program for the Soviet Union. . The arrest of Klaus caused the Soviet spy line to be exposed, which was later arrested by both spies Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.

Klaus Fuchs is one of the most famous spies in the Cold War.

Despite being British, Klaus was born and raised in Germany. In 1933, Klaus fled Germany to avoid Nazi terrorism and fled to the United Kingdom. In England, he took a doctorate in physics, then he also participated in a British atomic bomb research project.

At this time, the Soviet Union contacted Klaus and began a spy mission, stealing information from the British atomic bomb program. In 1943, Klaus was one of the scientists sent to the United States to join the Manhattan project, a US atomic bomb development and testing project. During this time, Klaus continued to be a Soviet spy and frequently sent documents related to the creation of an atomic bomb.

Atomic bombs are destructive weapons that every country wants to possess during the war.

In 1950, the United States collected some top secret information from the Soviet Union and discovered that Klaus was one of the spies installed in the US atomic bomb program. Klaus Fuchs was later arrested and sentenced to 14 years in prison for revealing military secrets.

After being interrogated, Klaus had to uncover the Soviet spy line. Harry Gold, the intermediate liaison between Klaus and the Soviet Union, was later arrested in the United States. Julius Rosenberg, a Klaus colleague at the Manhattan project was also arrested for a crime. In July 1950, the entire Soviet spy line was destroyed, but earlier documents were enough for the Soviet Union to proceed to build its own atomic bomb. Making the arms race become more and more stressful.