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the start of the Manhattan project was the start of nuclear war fare
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at the start of 1942 the world was already trapped in a world war. it was today the the Nazi's started the holocaust
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the battle of midway was an important one because it allowed US planes a place to refuel. the battle actually took 3 days to gain control of a small island not far from Hawaii
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it was on this day that the allied forces would make a huge push to gain ground on the coast of Normandy.
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this is considered by many people to be the end of the war in europe. shortly after the Nazi party of surrender
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this was the first test of nuclear weapons. this would show how deadly one could be
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this was the day that hiroshima was attacked by the first atomic bomb
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it was this day that Nagasaki would be bombed. the city was hit only after the pilot did not have eyes on his original target: Tokyo.
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a ammunition factory in the nether land explodes and kills 16. i was rumored that the cause for the explosion was unused ammo from WW2 that was unstable and dangerous.
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brigadier General Edwin K wright becomes the new director of the CIA
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after seeing the destruction of the atomic bomb the US decides to come up with something far deadlier; the hydrogen bomb
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the US was the first country to launch a nuclear submarine. it wold prove to be an amazing tool in the navy's arsenal
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with the testing of the first hydro nuclear weapon code named castle bravo. the test wold yield a 15 mega ton blast making it the most powerful weapon ever tested by the US
