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manhattan project
Zein Ezez

In World War II, the japanese had attacked pearl harbor, after they attacked, america decided to strike back harder, with the manhattan project. The manhattan project was made up of a team of scientist who had the duty of creating the bomb.
Even albert einstein was included in making the bomb. The bomb was completed in may 1946, and was tested in arizona. The test was successful and they made 2 more bombs to drop on hiroshima and nagasaki. In march 1945, albert einstein write a letter to FDR regarding the bomb. The letter talked about a new member of the project, Dr. Szilard, and of his work effort. He says that his presence must not be known by the public for reasons unknown. Einstein also says that he is a reliable man and he can help them create the bomb. This information was never put out to the public until the war was over. Before the scientist were done with the bomb, they wrote a letter thanking america for the chance to make the bomb. They also wrote there concerns about the project and about a chance of a misfire or of the atomic energy of the bomb.
The scientist also state that the rumors of the bomb are not true that it is to harm some in the U.S, and that the russian scientist were comrades to the cause. They wanted the people to know that they mean to use it for purposes that are up to the president. http://www2.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB162/ http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/primary­resources/truman ­ein45/ https://www.gilderlehrman.org/history­by­era/postwar­politics­and­origins­cold­ war/interactives/manhattan­project

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