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Edward Teller pushed for the development of first fusion-based weapons during which period?
World War I
The Cold War
World War II
Vietnam War
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During World War II, Edward Teller pushed for the development of the first fusion-based weapons. Teller was a Hungarian-American physicist who was one of the leading scientists in the Manhattan Project, which developed the atomic bomb. After the war, Teller continued to work on nuclear weapons, and he was one of the principal advocates for the development of the hydrogen bomb.
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