Why Was The Manhattan Project Important

The Manhattan project is important because it led to the invention of the atomic bomb. The atomic bomb is important because it ended the war in the Pacific and also shaped later wars. The race to create the first nuclear weapon was on as soon the United States heard word that Germany had discovered how to split a uranium atom. The best of the best scientist in the world were set to complete this task before Nazi Germany. What they came up with was incredible. This essay will explain what they were doing, who was involved and what the outcome was of The Manhattan project. First thing to know is what they were doing and what exactly the project was. The project was created in 1941 to create the first nuclear weapon. The importance of beating
Albert Einstein who fled from the Nazi persecution was one of the two main scientist who took part in project. The genius that accompanied Einstein was a man by the name of Enrico Fermi. Fermi escaped fascist Italy. Both having knowledge of nuclear engineering in the axis powers they agreed to inform President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Einstein wrote and delivered a letter to the Roosevelt discussing the need for nuclear research. At the time the President saw no need for it because there was no immediate threat but agreed to slowly make a progression towards the research. Einstein and Fermi would lead project. Research was at first based out of three main sites. Columbia University, University of Chicago and the University of California at Berkeley. Assembly of the bombs in Los Alamos was led by Robert Oppenheimer. Frederick Reines another big name in this project once said, “During my participation in the Manhattan Project and subsequent research at Los Alamos, encompassing a period of fifteen years, I worked in the company of perhaps the greatest collection of scientific talent the world has ever known”. These men, some of the smartest in the world created something that would change the war, and lives