History

The Atomic bomb began when President Roosevelt ordered the start of the Manhattan project. After hearing from several scientists about how Nazi Germany was trying to use uranium 235 to build a bomb. This project was to create a new bomb that was unlike any other.  Robert Oppenheimer was the head engineer of the project and over saw it through six years of production and 2 billion dollars. This bomb was built to end the war with Japan however the scientists had no idea of the raw power. After testing “The Gadget”, in New Mexico the scientist wrote to Truman about the power of its blast and the effects of the radiation. However, Truman disregarded these warnings and in the end decided to bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki.