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title: "What caused the U.S. Army to take over atomic research in the early 1940s?"  
description: "What caused the U.S. Army to take over atomic research in the early 1940s?"  
author: "Gray  park"  
published: 2018-05-14  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/42322/what-caused-the-u-s-army-to-take-over-atomic-research-in-the-early-1940s  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What caused the U.S. Army to take over atomic research in the early 1940s? 

What caused the U.S. Army to take over [atomic](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/10927/objective-c-attributes-of-property-directive) [research](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/311609/how-to-research-the-companies-before-applying-to-their-open-positions) in the [early](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/12923/do-you-want-an-early-and-valuable-promotion-at-work) 1940s?


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