... history was the Manhattan Project, the project to create the Atomic Bomb. Research and development for the Manhattan Project took place in a number of cities, including Oak Ridge Tennessee, Hanford Washington, and Los Alamos New Mexico. The project was highly classified and kept secret from all Americans except the President and a select few of inner circle scientists working on the bomb ... necessary. The allied military leaders estimated extremely high casualties in the event of the invasion. On August 6, 1945 the first bomb, "Little Boy," was detonated over Hiroshima, destroying 4 sq...

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