The+Manhattan+Project

= = =THE MANHATTAN PROJECT!!!!!!!=

A code name for the SECRET GOVERNMENT PROJECT that started before WWII and lead to the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. We had started this project to create the first US atomic bomb since we feared that Germany would have one built first.

In the 1930's we got scared cause the Nazis where tring to figure out how to make nuclear weapons of there own Manhattan Engineer District (MED) The project to develop the first atomic bomb during World War II by the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada. Timeline: 1939- August 2 signed a letter advising him to fund research into the nuclear war September 1- Nazi Germany invades Poland, beginning World War one

1941- December 7 — The Japanese attack Pearl Harbor. The United States issues f war against Japan the next day. Four days later, Nazi Germany declares war on the U.S.

1945- May 7 — Nazi Germany formally surrenders to Allied powers, marking the end of World War II in Europe.

1946- August 1 — President Harry S. Truman signs the Atomic Energy Act of 1946, creating the United States Atomic Energy Commission, a civilian-run agency to serve as a successor to the Manhattan Engineering District.

1947- January 1 — the Atomic Energy Act takes effect, and the Manhattan Project is officially turned over to the United States Atomic Energy Commission.

1947- August 15 -- Manhattan Engineer district is abolished