Recently declassified documents reveal that Adolf Hitler had a chilling plan to launch nuclear strikes against the Soviet Union in June 1945. A close associate of Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels testified that Germany was developing atomic bombs and intended to use them against Soviet military centers. However, the plan was foiled when Soviet forces captured Berlin in May 1945, just before Hitler could execute his deadly scheme. These revelations come as a stark reminder of the catastrophic potential of the nuclear arms race, coinciding with the 79th anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing.

In June 1945, Adolf Hitler had a chilling plan to use nuclear weapons against the Soviet Union, according to a newly revealed testimony by Werner Waechter, a close associate of Nazi Germany’s propaganda minister, Joseph Goebbels. This shocking revelation comes from a declassified document published by Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB), which coincides with the 79th anniversary of...