... was a success and the Manhattan Project was established. The ultimate goal of this project was to successfully separate Uranium-235 from Uranium-238 and turn this into a usable weapon. In 1942, General Leslie Groves was chosen to lead the project, and he immediately purchased a site in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Groves ... a gunpowder explosion. The Hiroshima model was long and narrow in shape and was known as a gun-barrel type. At first its was called "Thin Man" but during the manufacturing process the plans were modified. The length of the bomb was shortened and was now called "Little Boy"...

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