Historical Events tagged with "Klaus Fuchs"

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Klaus Fuchs Delivers Plutonium Bomb Plans

October 18th, 1945 79 years ago

Klaus Fuchs, a German physicist, passed crucial information regarding the plutonium bomb developed by the United States to the Soviet Union. While working at the Los Alamos National Laboratory as part of the Manhattan Project, Fuchs provided detailed design plans that would greatly enhance the USSR's nuclear capabilities. This information was integral to the USSR's efforts to develop their atomic arsenal and was shared through espionage networks in the immediate post-war period.

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