WORLD WAR II 1941 1945
THE HOLOCAUST
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The New York Project
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The Manhattan Project
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The Atom Splitting Project
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The Nuclear Project
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Manhattan Project was the US government program during World War II that developed and built these first atomic bombs. Detonation of these first nuclear bombs signaled arrival of a frightening new Atomic Age.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Manhattan Project was the code name for the American-led effort to develop a functional atomic weapon during World War II.
Detailed explanation-3: -Secret work. During World War II, about 130, 000 people were involved in the Manhattan Project, a highly classified collective effort that produced the first nuclear weapons and changed science, and war, forever.
Detailed explanation-4: -"Little Boy” was the codename for the type of atomic bomb dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima on 6 August 1945 during WW II. The little boy was the first nuclear weapon used in warfare. It’s the enriched uranium-235 that is used to creating an explosive fission reaction in nuclear bombs.
Detailed explanation-5: -General Leslie R. Groves, who was appointed to head the project, decided to follow the custom of naming Corps of Engineers districts for the city in which they are located. The atomic bomb project thus became known as the Manhattan Engineer District (MED), or Manhattan Project for short.