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Clem Clem
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Did people protest outside of the White House when Truman approved the production of the Hydrogen Bomb?
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staisil
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The Manhattan Project was top secret.
Secrecy proved to be a blessing in disguise. Although it dictated remote site locations, required subterfuge in obtaining labor and supplies, and served as a constant irritant to the academic scientists on the project, it had one overwhelming advantage: Secrecy made it possible to make decisions with little regard for normal peacetime political considerations. Groves knew that as long as he had the backing of the White House money would be available and he could devote his considerable energies entirely to running the bomb project. Secrecy in the Manhattan Project was so complete that many people working for the organization did not know what they were , working on until they heard about the bombing of Hiroshima on the radio. The need for haste clarified priorities and shaped decision making. Unfinished research on three separate, unproven processes had to be used to freeze design plans for production facilities, even though it was recognized that later findings inevitably would dictate changes. The pilot plant stage was eliminated entirely, violating all manufacturing practices and leading to intermittent shutdowns and endless troubleshooting during trial runs in production facilities. The inherent problems of collapsing the stages between the laboratory and full production created an emotionally charged atmosphere with optimism and despair alternating with confusing frequency.
Nothing was really revealed until the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Secrecy proved to be a blessing in disguise. Although it dictated remote site locations, required subterfuge in obtaining labor and supplies, and served as a constant irritant to the academic scientists on the project, it had one overwhelming advantage: Secrecy made it possible to make decisions with little regard for normal peacetime political considerations. Groves knew that as long as he had the backing of the White House money would be available and he could devote his considerable energies entirely to running the bomb project. Secrecy in the Manhattan Project was so complete that many people working for the organization did not know what they were , working on until they heard about the bombing of Hiroshima on the radio. The need for haste clarified priorities and shaped decision making. Unfinished research on three separate, unproven processes had to be used to freeze design plans for production facilities, even though it was recognized that later findings inevitably would dictate changes. The pilot plant stage was eliminated entirely, violating all manufacturing practices and leading to intermittent shutdowns and endless troubleshooting during trial runs in production facilities. The inherent problems of collapsing the stages between the laboratory and full production created an emotionally charged atmosphere with optimism and despair alternating with confusing frequency.
Nothing was really revealed until the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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staisil
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The Manhattan Project was top secret.
Secrecy proved to be a blessing in disguise. Although it dictated remote site locations, required subterfuge in obtaining labor and supplies, and served as a constant irritant to the academic scientists on the project, it had one overwhelming advantage: Secrecy made it possible to make decisions with little regard for normal peacetime political considerations. Groves knew that as long as he had the backing of the White House money would be available and he could devote his considerable energies entirely to running the bomb project. Secrecy in the Manhattan Project was so complete that many people working for the organization did not know what they were , working on until they heard about the bombing of Hiroshima on the radio. The need for haste clarified priorities and shaped decision making. Unfinished research on three separate, unproven processes had to be used to freeze design plans for production facilities, even though it was recognized that later findings inevitably would dictate changes. The pilot plant stage was eliminated entirely, violating all manufacturing practices and leading to intermittent shutdowns and endless troubleshooting during trial runs in production facilities. The inherent problems of collapsing the stages between the laboratory and full production created an emotionally charged atmosphere with optimism and despair alternating with confusing frequency.
Nothing was really revealed until the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Secrecy proved to be a blessing in disguise. Although it dictated remote site locations, required subterfuge in obtaining labor and supplies, and served as a constant irritant to the academic scientists on the project, it had one overwhelming advantage: Secrecy made it possible to make decisions with little regard for normal peacetime political considerations. Groves knew that as long as he had the backing of the White House money would be available and he could devote his considerable energies entirely to running the bomb project. Secrecy in the Manhattan Project was so complete that many people working for the organization did not know what they were , working on until they heard about the bombing of Hiroshima on the radio. The need for haste clarified priorities and shaped decision making. Unfinished research on three separate, unproven processes had to be used to freeze design plans for production facilities, even though it was recognized that later findings inevitably would dictate changes. The pilot plant stage was eliminated entirely, violating all manufacturing practices and leading to intermittent shutdowns and endless troubleshooting during trial runs in production facilities. The inherent problems of collapsing the stages between the laboratory and full production created an emotionally charged atmosphere with optimism and despair alternating with confusing frequency.
Nothing was really revealed until the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
ocularnervosa
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No because the development of the H bomb was top secret. But scientists did send letters of protest.
Truman never approved the production, he approved the USE. It was already being tested and developed when he took office. He approved the USE for several reasons, one was that Japan were DIGGING in for the invasion, training every man, woman and child (LITERALLY) to repel the US army. Second Russia was either about to or did declare war on Japan too and wanted to divide it up like Germany. The US did not want that to happen. And yet another factor was the growing concern that the American public was tired of war and wanted it OVER. The economy was weakening due to the cost of war too. It saved the lives of millions of Japanese and Americans
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Chuck Norris 0
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Truman was not around during the production of the Hydrogen Bomb. That was during the production of the Atomic Bomb. If people did protest outside of the White House, it is because they were too scared to protest outside of Chuck Norris's house.