The role of the War Department, Manhattan District, and other Army agencies and individuals from 1939 through World War II in developing and employing the atomic bomb. Stated in its simplest terms, the achievement of an atomic bomb resulted from the highly successful collaboration of American science and industry carried out under the direction and guidance of the U.S. Army. This triad-scientists, industrialists and engineers, and soldiers- was the product of a decision in early 1942 by America's wartime leaders to give to ...
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The role of the War Department, Manhattan District, and other Army agencies and individuals from 1939 through World War II in developing and employing the atomic bomb. Stated in its simplest terms, the achievement of an atomic bomb resulted from the highly successful collaboration of American science and industry carried out under the direction and guidance of the U.S. Army. This triad-scientists, industrialists and engineers, and soldiers- was the product of a decision in early 1942 by America's wartime leaders to give to the Army the task of administering the atomic program. Convinced that the Allies were in a race with Germany to be the first to develop an atomic weapon, they decided that only the Army could provide the administration, liaison services, security, and military planning essential to the success of a program requiring ready access to scarce materials and manpower, maximum protection against espionage and sabotage, and, ultimately, combat utilization of its end product.
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