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The BombLeo SzilardEpisodes

Back up to: The Bomb

  1. The doomsday clock

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  2. 7. The doomsday clock

    The bomb drops on Hiroshima and the world is changed forever

  3. The first atomic bomb

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  4. 6. The first atomic bomb

    Time is running out. Leo Szilard makes one final attempt to stop the bomb

  5. Enemy Alien

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  6. 5. Enemy alien

    The FBI pursues Leo Szilard as he loses control of the project

  7. Pearl Harbour

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  8. 4. Pearl Harbour

    An attack on Pearl Harbour changes everything

  9. The Einstein letter

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  10. 3. The Einstein letter

    A vital message must be delivered to the president of the United States

  11. Race to the bomb

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  12. Race to the bomb

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  13. 2. Race to the bomb

    It’s a race against time to beat the Nazis to the nuclear bomb

  14. Moonshine

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  15. Moonshine

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  16. 1. Moonshine

    A little-known scientist discovers something that will change the course of human history

  17. The prologue

    “My grandfather in front of a mushroom cloud”. Could the Bomb have been stopped? #thebomb