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Tag Archives: Oak Ridge
This week in the War, 10–16 August 1942: The Manhattan Project
The Manhattan Project—the project to build an atomic bomb—was launched secretly, this week in the war, on 13 August 1942. The project involved scientists from the USA and Great Britain, including many Jewish scientists who had fled Nazi-occupied Europe. The task … Continue reading
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Tagged atomic bomb, Groves, Los Alamos, Manhattan Project, Oak Ridge, Tube Alloy
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