WORLD WAR II 1941 1945
THE START OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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a plan to assassinate Hitler
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an atomic bomb
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the use of radar
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the invasion of Normandy
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Detailed explanation-1: -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: -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 produced two different types of atomic bombs, code-named Fat Man and Little Boy.
Detailed explanation-4: -J. 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.”