Truman - Primary Resources: The First Nuclear Test in New Mexico

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Keywords
atomic nuclear war military weapons testing scientific research Alamogordo bomb Harry Truman explosion
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Science
Grade Levels
Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12
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Truman - Primary Resources: The First Nuclear Test in New Mexico

In this 1945 memorandum to the Secretary of War, General Leslie Groves describes a weapon of mass destruction. Learn more with this primary source, from American Experience: "Truman."

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