school; businessmen were leaving for another day at work.
Then, at 8:15, a single B-29 bomber, the Enola Gay, .
flew over the city and released the single most deadly weapon the world has ever seen, the .
first atomic bomb. In a matter of seconds, 70,000-80,000 people lost their lives, and .
many more died of radiation poisoning. Then on August 9, just three days later, in .
Nagasaki, Japan, another B-29 flew over the city and released a second atomic bomb. In .
this attack, about 40,000 people died, and a similar number of people were wounded. That .
night, the Japanese emperor, Hirohito, said "The time has come, when we must bear the .
unbearable- (Harris-Adler 430). That was the successful result of the secret government .
installation called the Manhattan Project. The American victory over Japan in World War .
II was a direct result of the government's excellent tactics in keeping the installation a .
secret, working through and conducting espionage against other countries, and recruiting .
men to work on it. .
As with many things, the government used secretive tactics to keep the public and .
other nations from finding out about the project. Surprisingly, scientists were able to .
research and build an atomic reactor without civilian people finding out. The scientists, .
however, had to look quite extensively for a site. The first idea was Columbia University.
Kalala 2.
Later, the site was changed to the University of Chicago(Cohen 24). Once a research site .
was found, the scientists had to find a site to build and test an atomic reactor. A section of .
the Cook County Forest Preserve, just outside of Chicago was the first choice. However, .
that was later changed to an underground squash court under the University's Stagg .
Field(Cohen 24). Once the test was completed, scientists needed another place to actually .
build and detonate a test bomb without killing unsuspecting Americans. Los Alamos,.
New Mexico, about forty miles away from Santa Fe, was chosen.
Atomic Bomb This report is about the Atomic Bomb, what it demolished, and what were different opinions on the war. Of course there were many different opinions, ranging from we didn't have to do it. To it was the only thing that seemed possible to get the war stopped. And others wonder why it had to...
In 1942, the United States government built a top-secret program called the Manhattan Project. ... The point of this project was to create an atomic bomb before the Germans did. ... In 1942, the Manhattan Project moved its headquarters to Chicago. ... Those who knew about the Project called the atomic bomb "gadget" or "gizmo". ... Scientists of the Manhattan Project had no idea that these reactions would have long lasting effects. ...
The project was a success. ... His letters were a success, and President Roosevelt established the Manhattan Project. ... General Groves' initial task had been to select a scientific director for the bomb project. ... Lawrence, director of the electromagnetic separation project, and Arthur H. ... The Manhattan Project was one of the most important parts of American History. ...
