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The Manhattan Project

In Our Time: Science

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The Nuclear War in the Pacific Was Still Going on With Incredible Ferocity

The moment the nuclear age began. It was promethean in its way. They had controlled and liberated the energy of the atomic nucleus. An invasion of japan set for november first, and that would have dwarfed the dday invasion. There was some consideration given to giving a japanese demonstration test. But i think it was essentially a foregone conclusion that when the bombs were ready, they would be used.

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