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On the tv show 'Manhattan', the scientists of the project petition the military to demonstrate the bomb on an uninhabited island rather than dropping it on a populated area, but the military never seriously considers this. Did the show accurately capture how this unfolded?

by /u/td4999 in /r/AskHistorians

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