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Robert Oppenheumer
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U.S. physicist who directed the project at Los Alamos that developed the first atomic bomb
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Atomic Bomb
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A nuclear weapon in which enormous energy is released by nuclear fission
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Manhattan project
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Code name for the secret U.S. project set up in 1942 to develop atomic bombs for use in WW2
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Harry S. Truman
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Became 33rd president of the U.S. on Roosevelts death in 1945 and was elected President in 1948; authorized the use of atomic bombs against Japan
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Adolf HItler
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German nazi dicatator during ww2
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Allies
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The Alliance of britain, France and Russia
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Joseph Stalin
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Communist dictator of Soviet Union
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Benito Mussolini
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Italian Fascist dictator
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Enola Gay
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German member of Adolf Hitler political party
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Rosie the Riveter
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Cultural icon representing the woment ow worked in factories during WW2
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Dwight D.isenhower
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U.S. general who supervised the invasion of Normandy and the defeat of Nazi Germany; 34th president of the U.S.
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J. Robert Oppenheimer
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A ruler who is unconstrained by law
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Axis
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The Alliance of italy, Germany , and Japan
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Enola Gay
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Nickname for the American Plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan.
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Hideki Tojo
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Jappanese prime minister and mastermind of Japanese military
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