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First drone missle is creatred. German creat the VI missile and begin attacking England. Research on atomic weapons begins.
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Japan attacks Pearl Harbor. U.S. goes to war on Germany and Japan. First man made chaon reaction. Manhattan project is organized.
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The u.s. ues electronic analog computers to aim anti aircraft guns. Germans use the V-2 misile with a electronic brain.
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Germany surrenders. On July 15 first Atomic bomb is dropped. On August 6 U.S. drops atomic bomb on Japan.
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U..S. tests 20-kiloton atomic bomb.. U.S. tests hydrogen bomb. Russian deveopes and tests atomic weapons.
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The Hiss Affair began. T.V. series began against Alger Hiss and American Lawyer. They charged Hiss with being a spy for Russia. He was convicted and disbared.
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Arguements over free speech and privacy intensified in CA when the faculty of UCLA and UC Berkeley. Regents were about to require faculty members to sign contracts with oaths disavowing Communist ties.
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US senator McCaarthy began claiming that many in the state Department, the Pentagon, and acting and writing guilds in Hollywood and elsewhere were disloyal because of the Communist ties. Even without proof he managed to place many into prison.
