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Manhattan Project By Ashlyn

The Manhattan Project was a super secret name for the building of the first atomic bomb, also know as a nuclear weapon. This idea was created by the United States government in 1942. Even though, the official agency that produced the bomb was the corps of engineers commanded by General Leslie R. Groves. This idea began in 1939 before World War 2 had begun for the United States. The United States soon feared that the Germans would build a working Atomic bomb before them, but with the help of Albert Einstein and many people they made one before the germans.

The United States made one before the Germans. The first perfect test on the atomic bomb was on July 16, 1945 in New Mexico. Then in Japan on August 6 1945 the United States dropped a Atomic bomb on Japan to try to make them surrender and they did with a second atomic bomb on August, 14, 1945.