WORLD WAR II 1941 1945
THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR
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Germany’s surrender
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the invasion of Normandy
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the liberation of France
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a secret nuclear weapons program initiated by the United States
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Detailed explanation-1: -What did the Manhattan Project do? The Manhattan Project produced the first atomic bomb. Several lines of research were pursued simultaneously. Both electromagnetic and fusion methods of separating the fissionable uranium-235 from uranium-238 were explored at Oak Ridge in Tennessee.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Manhattan Project was a research and development undertaking during World War II that produced the first nuclear weapons. It was led by the United States with the support of the United Kingdom and Canada.
Detailed explanation-3: -Security was a way of life for the Manhattan Project. The goal was to keep the entire atomic bomb program secret from Germany and Japan. In this, Manhattan Project security officials succeeded. They also sought, however, to keep word of the atomic bomb from reaching the Soviet Union.
Detailed explanation-4: -The advent of nuclear weapons, made possible by the Manhattan Project, not only helped bring an end to the Second World War-it ushered in the atomic age and determined how the next war, the Cold War, would be fought.