The Manhattan Project

The very first atomic bomb was tested on this day in 1945 in Alamogordo, New Mexico.

Depending on your perspective, this development of nuclear power for warfare is either the heinous start down a slippery slope that we have yet to realize the full effects of (thank God)---or it was a necessary evil.

In hindsight of what was called The Manhattan Project, it is easy to look back and criticize the development of-and use of nuclear weapons. However, back then, facing Hitler and Hirohito and knowing that they too were attempting to develop the very same weapon will make you think twice.

At a time when Iran is developing such weaponry, the United States is declaring that Iran cannot possess such destructive capability. Some might argue that it is highly arrogant for the only country to actually USE the atomic bomb against people to sit in judgment of other countries, who (at least on the surface) assert its development being tied to their sovereign rights to self defense.

Perhaps THAT argument will never find universal agreement. The series of events during World War II, however, are more cut and dried.

The following program is an absolutely FASCINATING look at the Manhattan Project, a story told in the context of the times that the project was undertaken.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwpgmEvlRpM


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