History Fix
History Fix
Shea LaFountaine
Ep. 144 The Manhattan Project: How the US Became the "Destroyer of Worlds" With the WWII Atomic Bombings of Japan
39 minutes Posted Jan 4, 2026 at 10:00 am.
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Consider this the third and final installment of my war with Japan triptych. In this episode, we'll discuss the top secret "Manhattan Project" led by physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer that led to the development of the first atomic bomb. We'll uncover the motives behind creating such a dangerous weapon and for using it on two cities in Japan, Hiroshima and Nagasaki, leading to civilian casualties of up to 300,000 people. We'll also consider the question, what now? What does this mean for us tod...