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1941: The Manhattan Project

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Manhattan Project- In 1941, the Americans begin an effort to design, and build the atomic bomb with the code name the “Manhattan Project”. Its name came from the proximity to the Manhattan offices Corps of Engineers for the Army where the Chief of Engineers set up an office, the main contractor, and Columbia University, all had significant roles in the nuclear project. It was support by the United Kingdom and Canada. Due to the attack on Pearl Harbor and the current war with Japan and later Germany, it became an important project for the United States. The project began during WWII and did produce the first nuclear weapons. The personnel in this project often went behind enemy lines, German nuclear weapon project, and gathered nuclear materials,
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