The Manhattan Project
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- American plan to develop Nuclear weapons
- Run by Robert Oppenheimer
- Developed three bombs in 1945 "Trinity", "Little Boy" and "Fat Man"
- "Little Boy" a uranium bomb was detonated over Hiroshima
- "Fat Man" a plutonium bomb was dropped over Nagasaki
Summary
The Manhattan project was a Nuclear weapons project, led by Robert Oppenheimer. They developed three Atomic bombs, nicknamed "Fat Man" " Little Boy" and "Trinity". Little Boy was a uranium bomb, that was detonated over Hiroshima, and Fat Man was a Plutonium bomb that was dropped over Nagasaki.
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Do you think people knew the absolute destruction they were creating while they were doing it?
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"I am become death, the destroyer of worlds."
- J Robert Oppenheimer
- J Robert Oppenheimer