Before the United States had been dragged into the war by Japan, the United States had been working the project of the atomic bomb. Einstein was the first person to bring the idea of how powerful the use of uranium in bombs would be to the United States. A quote from the letter that Einstein (1939) wrote to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, “ A single bomb of this type, carried by boat and exploded in a port, might very well destroy the whole port together with some of the surrounding territory.” There were also rumors about the German government researching the use of uranium bombs. There was an army of intelligent men that worked on the project. After being in the war for almost five years, the atomic bomb was ready to be tested. July 16, 1945 was the first test drop of the atomic bomb near Alamogordo, New Mexico. The United States had successfully invented the atomic
Before the United States had been dragged into the war by Japan, the United States had been working the project of the atomic bomb. Einstein was the first person to bring the idea of how powerful the use of uranium in bombs would be to the United States. A quote from the letter that Einstein (1939) wrote to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, “ A single bomb of this type, carried by boat and exploded in a port, might very well destroy the whole port together with some of the surrounding territory.” There were also rumors about the German government researching the use of uranium bombs. There was an army of intelligent men that worked on the project. After being in the war for almost five years, the atomic bomb was ready to be tested. July 16, 1945 was the first test drop of the atomic bomb near Alamogordo, New Mexico. The United States had successfully invented the atomic