Reddit reviews Heisenberg's War: The Secret History Of The German Bomb

What do you mean ? the Nazi's nearly got the bomb - before the USA/UK.

It was sabotaged from people working on the project (and details sent to the allies)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Heisenbergs-War-Secret-History-German/dp/0306810115

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/06/28/1310235/-Why-the-Nazis-Never-Built-an-Atomic-Bomb

I'd really recommend this book by Thomas Powers. It's well-documented (and I tend to agree with his argument, just because I believe that Heisenberg's virtue in his work forged his ethics.) I also think this was more of the subtext of why Walter White went by "Heisenberg" as an alias, referencing this exact role.

I agree with you and the intelligence known by the US was that Germany was trying to develop a nuclear weapon. So in a way, it was a race to win.

EDIT: Here is a book and wiki on their ongoing nuclear work and ambitions.
http://www.amazon.com/Heisenbergs-War-Secret-History-German/dp/0306810115
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_nuclear_energy_project

I'd recommend the book "Heisenberg's War" for a look at the relationship between Nazis, science and nuclear weapons (spoiler alert: Heisenberg stopped them from getting 'em). https://www.amazon.com/Heisenbergs-War-Secret-History-German/dp/0306810115

Heisenberg's War: The Secret History Of The German Bomb: http://www.amazon.com/Heisenbergs-War-Secret-History-German/dp/0306810115

Read it last year and really liked it.