THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
JOHN F KENNEDY AND THE COLD WAR
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Manhattan Project
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Los Alamos Project
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Bronx Project
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King Project
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Detailed explanation-1: -Manhattan Project, U.S. government research project (1942–45) that produced the first atomic bombs. American scientists, many of them refugees from fascist regimes in Europe, took steps in 1939 to organize a project to exploit the newly recognized fission process for military purposes.
Detailed explanation-2: -James C. Marshall was selected to head the project. Soon an office in New York City was opened, and in August the project was officially given the name Manhattan Engineer District-hence Manhattan Project, the name by which this effort would be known ever afterward.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Manhattan Project was the code name for the American-led effort to develop a functional atomic weapon during World War II.
Detailed explanation-4: -Robert Oppenheimer (1904-1967) was an American theoretical physicist. During the Manhattan Project, Oppenheimer was director of the Los Alamos Laboratory and responsible for the research and design of an atomic bomb. He is often known as the “father of the atomic bomb.”
Detailed explanation-5: -The legacy of the Manhattan Project is immense. The advent of nuclear weapons not only helped bring an end to the Second World War but ushered in the atomic age and determined how the next war, the Cold War, would be fought.