Manhattan Project

The Manhattan Project was a research and development program undertaken during World War II to produce the first nuclear weapons. It was led by the United States in collaboration with the United Kingdom and Canada. The Manhattan Project employed nearly 130,000 people at its peak and cost nearly US$2 billion.

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1939 — 1946  Wikimedia, Wikidata
United Kingdom, Canada, United States, 

nuclear weapon, Violet Club, 

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Frameless

Security poster notes the transition to the Atomic Energy Commission

New Chemistry Building at the Metallurgical Laboratory

HD.30.534 (10444482555)

Photo of physicist Otto Frisch playing the piano

A World War II poster directed at participants in the Manhattan Project

Indiana cyclotron with Larry Langer and Franz N.D. Kurie (cropped)

Inside (35501606071)

Kettle (35592704506)

Laboratory - New Chemistry Building

Argonne Laboratory

• Reminiscences of Los Alamos, 1943-1945 -
• THE SECRET PROJECT - American picture books, 2017
• Einstein - opera by Paul Dessau, German, 2000
• City Behind a Fence: Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 1942–1946 -
• Niels og Harald Bohr, forfølgelsen af jødiske videnskabsmænds og udviklingen af atombomben i USA - scientific article, Q9035, 2019, online
• THE SECRET PROJECT - American picture books, 2018
• The Green Glass Sea - 2006 young-adult novel by Ellen Klages, English, online

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		Security poster notes the transition to the Atomic Energy Commission		Commons
commons	image		New Chemistry Building at the Metallurgical Laboratory		Commons
commons	image		HD.30.534 (10444482555)		Commons
commons	image		Photo of physicist Otto Frisch playing the piano		Commons
commons	image		A World War II poster directed at participants in the Manhattan Project		Commons
commons	image		Indiana cyclotron with Larry Langer and Franz N.D. Kurie (cropped)		Commons
commons	image		Inside (35501606071)		Commons
commons	image		Kettle (35592704506)		Commons
commons	image		Laboratory - New Chemistry Building		Commons
commons	image		Argonne Laboratory		Commons