Here near the end of 1944, we look at the development of the atomic bomb. What different methods of creating a nuclear reaction are being developed? How close are they to development? How does it work? Will they be able to make one in 1945? Will it go boom?

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Hosted by: Indy Neidell
Director: Astrid Deinhard
Producers: Astrid Deinhard and Spartacus Olsson
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Written by: James Newman
Research by: James Newman
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Map research by: Sietse Kenter
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Artwork and color grading by: Mikołaj Uchman
Sound design by: Marek Kamiński
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Source literature list: http://bit.ly/WW2sources

Archive footage: Screenocean/Reuters - https://www.screenocean.com

Image sources:
Photographs courtesy of the National Security Research Center at Los Alamos National Laboratory
Implosion bomb from Wikimedia Commons

Soundtracks from Epidemic Sound:
London - Howard Harper-Barnes
Melting Glass - Eden Avery
Le Chasseur et les Fugitifs - Ludvig Moulin
Progressive Progress - Howard Harper-Barnes
Infiltrator - Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen
Past Deeds - Dream Cave
On the Edge of Change - Brightarm Orchestra

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