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  2. Operation Epsilon - Wikipedia

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    Operation Epsilon was the codename of a program in which Allied forces near the end of World War II detained ten German scientists who were thought to have worked on Nazi Germany's nuclear program. The scientists were captured between May 1 and June 30, 1945, [ 1 ] as part of the Allied Alsos Mission , mainly as part of its Operation Big sweep ...

  3. Alsos Mission - Wikipedia

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    The Manhattan Project was the Allied nuclear weapons research-and-development program, operated during and immediately after World War II, led by the United States with contributions principally from the United Kingdom and Canada. [1] Brigadier General Leslie Groves of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers became its director in September 1942. [2]

  4. Operation Candid - Wikipedia

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    Operation Candid: Protection of the Royal Family in an Emergency was a Cold War contingency plan of the British Government to evacuate Queen Elizabeth II, the Duke of Edinburgh and other members of the British royal family from London in the event of nuclear war. [1]

  5. Nuclear family - Wikipedia

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    An American nuclear family composed of the mother, father, and their children, c. 1955. A nuclear family (also known as an elementary family, atomic family or conjugal family) is a family group consisting of parents and their children (one or more), typically living in one home residence.

  6. Category:World War II images - Wikipedia

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    Media in category "World War II images" The following 7 files are in this category, out of 7 total. A Daily News headline dated August 7, 1945 featuring the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan.jpg 274 × 364; 23 KB

  7. German nuclear program during World War II - Wikipedia

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    Before the end of World War II, Thiessen, a member of the Nazi Party, had Communist contacts. [86] On 27 April 1945, Thiessen arrived at von Ardenne's institute in an armored vehicle with a major of the Soviet Army, who was also a leading Soviet chemist, and they issued Ardenne a protective letter (Schutzbrief). [87]

  8. Wikipedia : Featured pictures/History/World War II

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    An appeal to self-interest during World War II, by the United States Office of War Information (restored by Yann) Wait for Me, Daddy , by Claude P. Dettloff (restored by Yann ) Selection on the ramp at Auschwitz-Birkenau at Auschwitz Album , by the Auschwitz Erkennungsdienst (restored by Yann )

  9. Category:World War II orders of battle - Wikipedia

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    6th Airborne Division order of battle List of wartime orders of battle for the British 6th Division (1810–1941) Order of battle of the German Ninth Army, October 1941