The Manhattan Projectwas the codename for America's building of the atomic bomb and was an important milestone in the world of science. The bomb was constructed in 13 different laboratories and required 37 installations. One-hundred-thousand people helped contribute to the prodution of the bomb. Included in this 100,00 are the Nobel Prize-winning physicists Arthur H. Compton, Enrico Fermi, Richard Feynman, Ernest Lawrence, and Harold Urey. Finally, President Roosevelt ordered the Office of Scientific Research and Development to look into atomic weapon creations.
The project recieved its name because it was mainly created by the Engineers' Manhattan District. Roosevelt chose the director to be General Leslie R. Groves, who was the army's chief engineer. Many of the scientists were not aware of the real purpose of the project they were working on. Eventually, a laboratory for the scientists was built in Los Alamos, New Mexico. Industries all over the country worked to produce a form of uranium, U-235, and plutonium, which was used to generate power for the atomic bomb. President Truman took over for President Roosevelt in the middle of the destructive and unethical creation.
On July 16th, 1945 in Alamogordo, New Mexico, the first test of the atomic bomb occured. The explosion consisted of 18,000 kilograms of dynamite and was 2,000 times more powerful the "greatest" bomb that existed at the time. President Truman and other leaders from the allied forces issed the Potsdam Declaration to Japan on July 26, 1945. This declaration threatened to destroy Japan if they did not surrender. Japan refused to surrender and on August 6, the United States attacked Hiroshima, Japan with a uranium bomb, nicknamed the "Little Boy". "Fat Man", another atomic bomb, was dropped on Nagasaki, Japan three days later. The war legitimately ended on September 2, 1945, when Japan officially announced its surrender.
The project recieved its name because it was mainly created by the Engineers' Manhattan District. Roosevelt chose the director to be General Leslie R. Groves, who was the army's chief engineer. Many of the scientists were not aware of the real purpose of the project they were working on. Eventually, a laboratory for the scientists was built in Los Alamos, New Mexico. Industries all over the country worked to produce a form of uranium, U-235, and plutonium, which was used to generate power for the atomic bomb. President Truman took over for President Roosevelt in the middle of the destructive and unethical creation.
On July 16th, 1945 in Alamogordo, New Mexico, the first test of the atomic bomb occured. The explosion consisted of 18,000 kilograms of dynamite and was 2,000 times more powerful the "greatest" bomb that existed at the time. President Truman and other leaders from the allied forces issed the Potsdam Declaration to Japan on July 26, 1945. This declaration threatened to destroy Japan if they did not surrender. Japan refused to surrender and on August 6, the United States attacked Hiroshima, Japan with a uranium bomb, nicknamed the "Little Boy". "Fat Man", another atomic bomb, was dropped on Nagasaki, Japan three days later. The war legitimately ended on September 2, 1945, when Japan officially announced its surrender.