The Szilárd petition
1945 · Event
Leo Szilárd — whose letter began it all — circulates a petition signed by seventy Manhattan scientists urging Truman not to use the bomb without first offering Japan terms. It is classified and never reaches the president; the scientists' dissent is filed away.
On these timelines: The Manhattan Project, USA, Master, Science & Technology
More from The Manhattan Project
- Manhattan Project (1942)
- Trinity test (first atomic bomb) (1945)
- Einstein-Szilard letter (1939)
- Los Alamos Laboratory established (1943)
- Roosevelt authorises the atomic bomb (1942)
- The Interim Committee recommends use (1945)
- Truman is told about the bomb (1945)
- The MAUD Report says the bomb is feasible (1941)
Around 1945
- Cuban Revolutionary War (1953)
- Decolonisation of Africa (1952)
- Apartheid (1948)
- Berlin Airlift (1948)
- Korean War (1950)
- The Holocaust (1941)
- Chinese Civil War (resumed) (1945)
- Indian independence and Partition (1947)
- World War II (1939)
- Battle of Stalingrad (1942)