sly. If they doubted the Germans capabilities and intentions to finish an atomic bomb, the emphasis and resources put into research by the Allied forces would not have been as intense. While the decisions made by each country impacted the plans of other major world powers, those made by Germany seemed to have the greatest influence and largest impact. Although Germany was a very powerful country, this was not the reason that their decisions were able to change so many aspects of the war. Germany allowed themselves to be overrun with self-confidence, thereby affecting the way they made decisions regarding the war, atomic research and government policy in general. Because they were so consumed with pride the Germans made decisions without fully looking at their consequences and long-term implications. This is demonstrated by the fact that the most influential members of the US research team were German refugees. The key to the atomic bomb was in Germany from the beginning, yet Hitler neglected this fact in order to continue his attack on the Jewish community. In addition, the Germans made decisions without looking at the situation objectively. For example by discounting other countries ability to produce an atomic bomb. By doing this, the Germans became too comfortable and at ease with what they saw as a guaranteed victory, to efficiently evaluate a situation in order to make the best-fitting decision. Many times Hitler sacrificed Germanys hopes of winning the war in order to pursue his personal mission of eradicating the Jewish population. This inability to observe the full range of factors, implications, and consequences of a situation caused Germany to hastily make decisions, which eventually leaded their defeat....
