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Manhattan Project

Project’s codename: Manhattan Aim: develop the first atomic bomb Led by: U.S.A. (with United Kingdom and Canada) Active: 1942 – 1945 (World War II) Commander: Richard Groves Cost: 22 billion dollar (current value). Manhattan Project. Project’s codename: Trinity

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Manhattan Project

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  1. Project’s codename:Manhattan • Aim: develop the first atomic bomb • Led by: U.S.A. (with United Kingdom and Canada) • Active: 1942 – 1945 (World War II) • Commander: Richard Groves • Cost: 22 billion dollar (current value) Manhattan Project

  2. Project’s codename:Trinity • Aim: test a smaller size of the atomic bomb • Place: near Alamogordo, New Mexico • Date: July 16, 1945 • Weapon’s codename:The Gadget • Report: OK Trinity Project

  3. Nickname: Little Boy • Made from: uranium-235 • Process: separate uranium-235 from 238 isotope • Date of bombing: August 6, 1945 • Dropped by:393d Bombardment Squadron B-29 • Pilot: Paul Tibbets HiroshimaBomb

  4. Nickname: Fat Man • Made from: uranium-239 • Description: implosion-type weapon with a plutonium core • Date of bombing: August 9, 1945 • Dropped by:393d Bombardment Squadron B-29 • Pilot:Charles Sweeney NagasakiBomb

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