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The '''Manhattan Project''' was a research and development project that produced the first nuclear weapons during | [[File:Atomic_bombing_of_Japan.jpg|thumb|]]The '''Manhattan Project''' was a research and development project that produced the first nuclear weapons during World War II. | ||
It was led by the United States with the support of the United Kingdom and Canada. | It was led by the United States with the support of the United Kingdom and Canada. | ||
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"Manhattan" gradually superseded the official codename, Development of Substitute Materials, for the entire project. | "Manhattan" gradually superseded the official codename, Development of Substitute Materials, for the entire project. | ||
== Fiction cross-reference == | |||
* [[Manhattan Project]] | |||
== Nonfiction cross-reference == | == Nonfiction cross-reference == | ||
* [[Enrico Fermi (nonfiction)]] | |||
* [[J. Robert Oppenheimer (nonfiction)]] | * [[J. Robert Oppenheimer (nonfiction)]] | ||
* [[War (nonfiction)]] | |||
* [[World War II (nonfiction)]] | * [[World War II (nonfiction)]] | ||
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan_Project Manhattan Project] @ Wikipedia | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan_Project Manhattan Project] @ Wikipedia | ||
[[Category:World War II (nonfiction)]] | [[Category:World War II (nonfiction)]] | ||
[[Category:Manhattan Project (nonfiction)]] | |||
[[Category:Nuclear warfare (nonfiction)]] | |||
[[Category:Nuclear weapons (nonfiction)]] | |||
[[Category:War (nonfiction)]] | |||
Latest revision as of 10:18, 19 May 2019
The Manhattan Project was a research and development project that produced the first nuclear weapons during World War II.
It was led by the United States with the support of the United Kingdom and Canada.
From 1942 to 1946, the project was under the direction of Major General Leslie Groves of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer (nonfiction) was the director of the Los Alamos National Laboratory that designed the actual bombs.
The Army component of the project was designated the Manhattan District.
"Manhattan" gradually superseded the official codename, Development of Substitute Materials, for the entire project.
Fiction cross-reference
Nonfiction cross-reference
- Enrico Fermi (nonfiction)
- J. Robert Oppenheimer (nonfiction)
- War (nonfiction)
- World War II (nonfiction)
External links:
- Manhattan Project @ Wikipedia