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1943: Montreal and the Atomic Bomb & Other Quebec Curios

February 8, 2018 // 0 Comments

Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King, with President Franklin D Roosevelt, and Winston Churchill during the Quebec Conference, 18 August 1943. Credit: Imperial War Museum, catalogue number: H 32129

The race to create an atomic bomb started shortly after World War II began, with the United States spearheading the Manhattan Project. The USSR, acting on intelligence that [read on]