Episode 534: The Manhattan Project Part II - A Numbers Game
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The Rise and Fall of the Atomic Bomb
Japan diverted all the resources they may have spent on atomic research to radar technology. America believed itself to be in an existential race towards atomic weaponry with its two greatest enemies, when in fact it was only racing against itself. General Leslie Groves' biggest problem at the outset was deciding which research path to take towards a nuclear weapon. As one man put it, the atomic bomb couldn't be built unless we turned all of America into a factory.
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