The Manhattan Project
- American plan to develop Nuclear weapons
- Run by Robert Oppenheimer (German Jew that escaped the antisemitism in Europe)
- Developed three bombs in 1945 "Trinity", "Little Boy" and "Fat Man"
- Tested trinity in a mexican desert and saw their power
- Little boy was dropped on Hiroshima
- Fat Man dropped on Nagasaki
- A lot of the Uranium for little boy was from Canadian mines
- Massive undertaking
Summary
The introduction to nuclear weaponry. Three nuclear bombs are made: Trinity, Little Boy, and Fat Man. Little Boy and Fat Man dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, killing many Japanese civilians.