Oppenheimer
Dan Snow's History Hit
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The History of the Manhattan Project
In 1939, it was the physicists who were worried about nuclear power. Politicians weren't taking it seriously and they knew each other in a tight-knit community. So when war broke out, you had this split. Half of them were in Europe, the rest were in the US. And because that research had continued on these two fronts,. When they all broke out, the scientists were suddenly made enemies. These friends suddenly became political enemies. It's important to note that we still don't really know what would have happened if they hadn't taken that line.
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