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German's race to build Atom Bomb
In 1939, Albert Einstein received a note from Einstein urging him to create an atomic research program after finding out thet German Scientists had discovered a way to split Uranium Atoms. Fears soon spread over the possibility of Nazi scientists utilizing that energy to produce a bomb capable of unspeakable destruction. -
Roosevelt establishes voice for Scientific Community
The National Defense Research Comitee was created to conduct research on the use of mechanisms and devices of warfare -
Army Corps of Engineers begin to have S-1 meetings
In March 1942, The Army Corps of Engineers began to have S-1 meeting National Defense Research Commitee ( NDRC) became an advisory body to Office of Scientific Research and Development (ORSD) and the Uranium Committee became the OSRD Section On Uranium with the code name S-1. Under the auspices of OSRD, S-1 was strengthened by the addition of Fermi as head of theoretical studies and Harold C. Urey as head of isotope separation and heavy water research. -
The Manhattan Engineer District (The Manhattan Project) is established
On August 13, 1942, the Manhattan Engineer District, which got its name from the geographical location of its headquarters, was established. -
The first eletromagnetic plants start to take place
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The first bomb is tested
In 1945 at Trinity site near Alamogordo, Mexico, the first bomb is denotated. There was a blinding flash that was seen almost 200 miles away and a mushroom cloud that reached 40,00 feet. -
"Little Boy" is droped on Hiroshima
Enola Gay dropped a 9,700-pound Uranium Bomb nicknamed " Little Boy" on Hiroshima. -
The plutonium bomb, " Fat Man," is dropped on nagasaki
A second atomic attack took place. The bomber, Bock's Car, approached Nagasaki, home to the Mitsubishi plant that had manufactured the torpedoes used at Pearl Harbor, and dropped a plutonium bomb weighing 10,000 pounds and nicknamed Fat Man. hree square miles of the city were destroyed. -
The manhattan Project officially comes to an end