The Manhatten Project
...bomb took place near Los Alamos, New Mexico. This atomic bomb testing would forever change the meaning of war. As the atomic bomb was detonated it sent shock waves all over the world. The endless research done on this bomb had a name and it was "The Manhattan Project."
The Manhattan Project was brought by fear of Germany and it's atomic research. Next, was the people who were behind the production of the bomb. After the fear of Germany the United States took action and tested their own atomic bomb. Once the bomb was tested, the United States had to decide whether it should be used and if so, where? Then there was the process of getting the bomb dropped.
The Manhattan Project was overall one of the biggest and most important projects ever done in the United States. The United States government was shocked by the news of German scientists discovering nuclear fission. The news came to the United States from Albert Einstein. Einstein found out the information of nuclear fission from a German physicist named Leo Szilard, and then told it to President Roosevelt and urged him that there should be investments made into research to help construct an atomic weapon of mass destruction. Roosevelt didn't really care about investing in atomic weapon research because he didn't plan on getting involved in the War.
When Roosevelt entered the war, he sent major funds to the construction of an atomic weapon when Pearl Harbor was attacked by the Japanese. Roosevelt speeded up the process of research by having General Groves setup a committee of the brightest minds from all around the world.
The name given to the project was called "The Manhattan Project", because most of the work done on research of the bomb was done in the Manhattan District of the US Army Corps of Engineers in New York City. Groves picked his front man for the project, it was to be Robert J. Oppenheimer....
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