Top Secret: The Story Of The Manhattan Project (Monumental Milestones: Great Events of Modern Times)

Tracy, Kathleen

ISBN 10: 1584153997 ISBN 13: 9781584153993

Publisher: Mitchell Lane Pub Inc, 2005

Synopsis

In the 1930s, Hitlers Germany became the most powerfuland fearedcountry in Europe. Hitler was determined to control the entire continent. After the shocking attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States declared war on Japan. In turn, Germany declared war on America, igniting World War II. The biggest concern for America and the Allies was that Hitler was working on a nuclear super bomb. Believing the fate of the world hung in the balance, President Franklin Roosevelt approved a top secret project known as the Manhattan Project to create the first atomic weapon. In a race against the clock and under the direction of J. Robert Oppenheimer, scientists from all over the world working at the Los Alamos Laboratory in New Mexico spent four years developing what would become the worlds deadliest weapon. The decision to use the bomb on Japanese citizens ended World War II but began a controversy that rages to this day.

Edition details

• Publisher: Mitchell Lane Pub Inc
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1584153997
• ISBN 13: 9781584153993
• Binding: Library Binding
• Number of pages: 48