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A letter was sent to President Roosevelt from Einstein and Szilard. The letters information was a warning about the fact that Germany was making an atomic bomb and advised him to develop the atomic bomb before Germany.
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President Roosevelt formed a group of scientists to work on the atomic bomb. This project is called " The Manhatten Project".
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Unfortunately, President Franklin D Roosevelt died on this day. From then on, President Harriet S Truman became president and continued the Manhatten Project.
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The test is called "The Trinity Test". They tested the bomb in Alamogordo, New Mexico.
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Enola Gay dropped a five-ton bomb on Hiroshima, called "Little Boy".
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3 days after the Hiroshima bombing, the US dropped another bomb on Nagasaki, called "Fat Man".
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Japan surrendered and signed papers to end the war.
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Soon after, scientists began to research the atomic theory deeply and later found that it helped them in the medical and scientific feileds of work.