ral Leslie Groves were the two men put in charge of this mission. These two men along with the top scientists from around the country were brought together to construct the most deadly weapon known to man. The project originated in the Pentagon in 1942 when the White House told General Groves, he was to lead the Manhattan Project. World War II had already been occurring for three years when the Nazis, after being victorious in Europe, declared war on the United States. This was nine months after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. In September of that year, Groves met with Leo Szilard, a brilliant scientist, and asked him if making the atomic bomb was possible. Szilard told him how an atomic bomb would work, but also that it is impossible to build. General Groves only wanted to hear that an atomic bomb was conceivable in theory and then he knew to start the project. General Groves was in charge of the military or security part of the project, while Oppenheimer was in charge of the organization of the scientists and ideas. At times, Oppenhiemer and Groves had some nasty arguments over policies. Even though Groves was the one who reported to Washington, Oppenheimer had more power and Groves was aware of this. If they had a disagreement, Oppenheimer would threaten to leave the project and take his scientists with him. Groves knew if this occurred then the project would never be finished. So, Grooves most always ended up agreeing or letting Oppenheimer do what ever he wanted to do. In April of 1943, an isolated area was being built in Las Alamos, New Mexico. This was going to be the place where the bomb was going to be designed and produced. The borders consisted of barbed wire fence accompanied by guard dogs. Many laboratories, storage buildings, shelters, hospitals, dining halls, and other buildings were found inside these borders, also. One thing that was not found inside these borders though were woman, not even the wives of the scientists. No scientist was allowed to talk to anyone outside the camp about what they saw, heard, tasted, or even smelled. Everything they knew belonged to the army now. Everything they knew from here on was highly confidential. Their job was to create the atomic bomb and to do nothing else but that. They were to refer to bomb as the gadget or device for security reasons. The scientists were given 19 months to complete their mission. Most of them complained that it could not be done, that it was not enough time. Under the leadership of Oppenheimer the work and research began. After several days, their work got them nowhere. They were faced with the problems such as weight, velocity, and detonation. Late one night, while eating an orange and talking to another scientist, Seth Neddermeyer (a scientist) thought of an idea called implosion. He got the idea from the orange he was eating. This was probably the one idea that the atomic bomb is centered around. Without implosion, the atomic bomb could not be created. When he squeezed the orange, juice squirted out or an outwards explosion. If you can reverse this process, then the explosion goes in creating an even bigger force. This theory applies to Plutonium. Implosion occurs causing a chain reaction, which in return causes an outwards explosion. If an inwards explosion occurred, the Plutonium atoms would split apart creating the biggest explosion known to man. The problem was now creating an inward explosion. By this time, turmoil started to arise inside the camp. Many scientists began complaining about the drastic security measures that were being taken. Things such as the guard dogs and the FBI talking to the families of the scientists bothered them g

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