Manhattan Project

Part I of Essay
Thesis: The research for the first Atomic bomb was done in the United States, by a group of the best scientists; this research was given the name of "The ". On Monday July 16th, 1945, a countdown for the detonation of the first atomic bomb took place near Los Alam ....

Part II of Essay
.... by the news of German scientists discovering nuclear fission. The news came to the United States from Albert Einstein. Einstein found out the nuclear fission information from a German physicist named Leo Szilard. He then told it to President Franklin D. Roosevelt and urged him to start an investment toward atomic research. 3The research would then help construct an atomic weapon of mass destruction. Roosevelt was not especially concerned about investing in atomic weapon research because he didn't plan on getting involved in the War. When Pea ....