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On Monday July 16th, 1945, a countdown for the detonation of the first atomic
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
shockwaves 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(Fermi Takes Charge). Einstein found out the information of nuclear fission
from a German physicist named Leo Szilard, and then to
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plutonium made a destructive force equal to 25,000 tons of TNT(Encarta). Once Critical mass was obtained it compressed Plutonium and when the
Plutonium was compressed enough, atoms from plutonium were split and it made a
explosive bomb that could destroy a medium sized city(The Principle). The presidency then had to decide what they could do with their new atomic
weapon. ld it to President Roosevelt and
urged him that there should be investments made into research to help construct an
atomic weapon of mass destruction(Fermi Takes Charge). The second bomb was under suspicion that it was only
dropped because the U. The effects of the two bombs that
were dropped are still affecting people to this day with radiation related problems. Truman was left in charge of what should be done with
the new atomic weapon. was not to accept anything less than a surrender, and the Japanese were
insisting that they keep their emperor and current government(Encyclopedia of WW2,
143). Facilities for the production of the atomic bomb were in Los Alamos
NM, Oak Ridge TN, and Hanford WA. One of the other
main people in the research project was Enrico Fermi. wanted to try a new type of bomb(World at Arms, 92).
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