Answer to Question #166877 in History for william

Question

In 1945: America was the sole atomic power.

1. Explain the Soviet's response?

Answer 1

The United States remained the sole nuclear power until 1949, when the Soviet Union tested its first atomic bomb. Klaus Fuchs, a German-born British physicist who was involved in the Manhattan Project, was later convicted of passing secret information on the theory and design of atomic bombs to the Soviet government.