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Episode 535: The Manhattan Project Part III - Sometimes You Need a Daddy

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The Manhattan Project: A Strange Trip

The day after Hitler died, Boris Pash arrived to take Heisenberg and his family into American custody. They were successful in keeping every single member of the uranium club out of Soviet hands. It was only when the bomb was dropped on Hiroshima four months later that they realized just how far behind they'd been. And it's with the testing and dropping of that bomb that will continue our series on the Manhattan Project.

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