AMERICAN HISTORY

The Biggest Decision: Why We Had To Drop the Atomic Bomb



The Biggest Decision: Why We Had To Drop the Atomic Bomb

Robert Oppenheimer was born in 1904, in New York to wealthy parents. During this time, fascism was at its peak because of which he was drawn towards progressive politics. Therefore, in 1942, he also joined a group of physicists to develop an atomic bomb. Therefore, General Leslie who was the Army officer in charge appointed him as a director of Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory. Initially, there were few hundred scientists. However, it soon became a secret city which ...