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Set up in 1942, the Manhattan Project was established to create the first atomic bomb. The lead scientist was J. Robert Oppenheimer, with thirteen other scientists under him.  |
In 1939, Albert Einstein sent a letter to president Franklin Delano Roosevelt, explaining that the Nazi's had been working with creating atomic power by using uranium. He stated that he opposed nuclear weapons, but that he feared what may happen to the world if Germany would discover them first.
Trinity Test, July 16th, 1945, .016 seconds after detonation. |
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