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The US Army hired more than 125,000 people to help develop the atomic bombs. They worked and lived in remote areas, and they couldn't tell anyone about their work. This secretive program was known as the Manhattan Project. The Manhattan Project explores the workers' experiences and the development of the atomic bombs.
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During the summer of 1945, World War II was still raging. Japan refused to surrender. Many US officials thought the best solution to save lives and end the war early was to drop an atomic bomb on Japan. Others disagreed. The US Decision to Drop the Atomic Bomb explores the perspectives of those who were involved in the decision to drop the bombs.
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By the early 1900s the notion that a single bomb could destroy an entire city began to take root as physicists developed the science of fission the ability to create tremendous amounts of energy by splitting the atom. In 1939, as war swept across Europe, president Franklin D. Roosevelt realized that America would soon be drawn into the conflict and the US would be in a race against Germany and Japan to develop the atomic bomb. Under Roosevelt, the...
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