... could be used to make an atomic bomb. Roosevelt then set up an "Uranium Committee" to research into an atom bomb. Once the United States entered the war, this situation changed dramatically. Scientists working in Britain had discovered how to control an atomic explosion. This was a very important step to making the bomb, and ... knew that there was no longer a race to make the first bomb, but there was a race to get the bomb made before the end of the war because both Germany and Japan were facing defeat. Many people involved in the project were eager to try out the bomb that they had spe...

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