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- American plan to develop nuclear weapons
- Run by Robert Oppenheimer
- Developed three bombs in 1945 “Trinity”, “Little Boy” and “Fat Man”
- “Little Boy” a uranium bomb was detonated over Hiroshima
- “Fat Man” a plutonium bomb was dropped on Nagasaki
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This was an idea that came to light during the war against Japan. They were trying to figure out ideas that they could use to make Japan Surrender. The manhattan project essentially was this idea.
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I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat. - Winston Churchill
Subjunctive Question
What could be other ideas to make Japan surrender other than using the Atomic bombs?