Uploaded August 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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TechBits: In 1945, the world changed forever with the detonation of the first atomic bomb. Developed under the top-secret Manhattan Project, this weapon harnessed the power of nuclear fission, releasing unimaginable energy.

Led by physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, the project brought together some of the greatest scientific minds to build the bomb that ended World War II — but also opened the door to the nuclear age, global fear, and a new era of geopolitics.

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