Bomb blog post #3

I have not finished the book yet but I am pretty close. The Americans found out that the Germans were at least two years behind them with the bomb project. At this point during the war, Germany was on the retreat throughout Europe and the war was drawing to a close. The U.S. tested their first plutonium bomb in New Mexico at a site named Trinity. Early in the morning on April 16 there was an explosion which had the equivalent force of 20,000 pounds of TNT. It was a success. The sound of the explosion could be heard from 20 miles away.

The news of the successful test at Trinity infuriated the Russian dictator Joseph Stalin. He demanded that he get a bomb at once. The KGB had had little success with the Americans, until they met Klaus Fuchs, pronounced like fooks. He was a British Physicist and a soviet supporter. The Manhattan project needed new scientists so the British sent their scientists. Klaus Fuchs was included in the package.

The KGB was ecstatic to hear that they finally had a spy in the Manhattan Project. Joseph Stalin wasn't as pleased. He said he wanted results and if results weren't provided, heads were going to start rolling. The Russians used the American plans give to them by Klaus Fuchs to finally build their own bomb. The war was won and a new one began, the Cold War. The U.S. was surprised and infuriated by the news of the Russians successful test.