After World War II the Soviet Union found themselves behind in the arms race. Joseph Stalin knew that he would need to develop nuclear weapons in order to stay relevant in world politics. By 1949 the Soviet Union had their own atomic bomb. Join us for this episode of That Was History and find out some great details about this particular bomb.

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RESOURCES:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RDS-1

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_atomic_bomb_project


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