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S2.6 Camp Y

The Bomb

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The Manhattan Project

The manhattan project spans the length and breadth of the usa. It is at los alamos that all overriding technical and scientific problems are solved. Leading the british team is klaus wek's friend and boss, rudolph piles. Joe hookway is his daughter. And they are under no illusion about the destructive potential of what they 're creating. But they hope that if its power can be demonstrated, then that alone could be decisive in ending the war. The gravity of their mission, the relentless work and the clostrophobic secrecy was not easy to bear.

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