the manhattan project
The Manhattan Project was a secret project that was started in 1939 to create the first atomic bomb. In 1938, Otto Hahn and Fritz Strassmann discovered nuclear fission. At the time, Nazi Germany was at the peak of its power, and America was concerned that they might develop the capability to destroy the world. As a result, America put Dr. Robert Oppenheimer and his team in charge. The team included Werner Heisenberg, Otto Hahn, Paul Dirac, John Von Neumann, and James Franck. The Manhattan Project was allocated a 2 billion budget for 4 years to create and test the first atomic bomb. The first atomic bomb test was named Trinity and took place on July 6, 1945. The Manhattan Project caused a lot of controversy because many people did not want America to build a weapon of mass destruction. They thought that if America had such a weapon, they could dominate the world. But America continued with the project, fearing that Nazi Germany might develop the nuclear bomb first. With the help of Albe...