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1 Project’s codename: Manhattan Aim: develop the first atomic bomb Led by: U.S.A. (with United Kingdom and Canada) Active: 1942 – 1945 (World War II) Commander: Richard Groves Cost: 22 billion dollar (current value) Manhattan Project

2 Trinity Project Project’s codename: Trinity Aim: test a smaller size of the atomic bomb Place: near Alamogordo, New Mexico Date: July 16, 1945 Weapon’s codename: The Gadget Report: OK

3 Hiroshima Bomb Nickname: Little Boy Made from: uranium-235 Process: separate uranium-235 from 238 isotope Date of bombing: August 6, 1945 Dropped by: 393d Bombardment Squadron B-29 Pilot: Paul Tibbets

4 Nagasaki Bomb Nickname: Fat Man Made from: uranium-239 Description: implosion-type weapon with a plutonium core Date of bombing: August 9, 1945 Dropped by: 393d Bombardment Squadron B-29 Pilot: Charles Sweeney

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