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|interests=Nuclear weapons | |interests=Nuclear weapons | ||
|start=1942 | |start=1942 | ||
| + | |image=Manhattan Project.png | ||
| + | |description=A top secret project to develop [[nuclear weapons]] for use in WW2 | ||
|end=1946 | |end=1946 | ||
|perpetrators=Canada, UK, USA | |perpetrators=Canada, UK, USA | ||
| + | |sourcewatch=http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Manhattan_Project | ||
| + | |constitutes=Research, Black Project | ||
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| − | The '''Manhattan Project''' was the project to develop [[nuclear weapons]]. Two of these were dropped on [[Japan]], at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. | + | The '''Manhattan Project''' was the project to develop [[nuclear weapons]]. Two of these were dropped on [[Japan]], at [[Hiroshima]] and [[Nagasaki]]. |
==Implications== | ==Implications== | ||
| − | Over 100,000 people were involved, though the degree of [[compartmentalisation]] was such that "probably no more than a few dozen men in the entire country knew the full meaning of the Manhattan Project, and perhaps only a thousand others even were aware that work on atoms was involved."<ref name="life1945082091"> | + | [[image:Manhattan Project secrecy.jpg|left|300px]] |
| + | Over 100,000 people were involved, though the degree of [[compartmentalisation]] was such that "probably no more than a few dozen men in the entire country knew the full meaning of the Manhattan Project, and perhaps only a thousand others even were aware that work on atoms was involved."<ref name="life1945082091">https://books.google.com/books?id=hkgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA91#v=onepage&q&f=true </ref><ref name="owens">http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2012/06/the-secret-city/100326/#img06 </ref> This invalidates [[David Grimes]]' simplistic [[David Grimes#Paper on "Conspiracy Theories"|model]] of "[[Conspiracy Theories]]" at a stroke. | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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Latest revision as of 02:04, 9 August 2021
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| Date | 1942 - 1946 |
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| Perpetrators | Canada, UK, USA |
| Interests | Nuclear weapons |
| Description | A top secret project to develop nuclear weapons for use in WW2 |
The Manhattan Project was the project to develop nuclear weapons. Two of these were dropped on Japan, at Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Implications
Over 100,000 people were involved, though the degree of compartmentalisation was such that "probably no more than a few dozen men in the entire country knew the full meaning of the Manhattan Project, and perhaps only a thousand others even were aware that work on atoms was involved."[1][2] This invalidates David Grimes' simplistic model of "Conspiracy Theories" at a stroke.
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