The Manhattan Project
•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
•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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Summery- The USA created three atomic bombs to use against the Japanese, they were known as the Manhattan Project. Their names were Trinity, Little boy and Fat man. Although they used Trinity as a tester, they still used Little Boy and Fat Man to attack Japan, who then surrendered to the USA.