1. The Manhattan Project - Mass Murder or The Path to World Pea
The straight up facts of the Manhattan Project are well known. ... It was pushed forward extremely quickly; due to the fear that the Germans, had, at the time, also been researching atomic weapons, and the American government felt that they were very far behind. ... In fact, McCloy, assistant to Henry Stimson, who was the Secretary of War at the time, attended a meeting at the Pentagon on Stimson's behalf, and it was told that one million men were to be gathered for the assault of Japan, and more than 20, 000 American soldiers would probably be lost within the first month. ...
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- Grade Level: High School