Leslie Groves was military commander, Robert Oppenheimer was scientific director.
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the manhattan project was tested and robert oppenheimer was one of the leaders involved
The Manhattan Project - the development of the atomic bombs which were dropped on Japan.
The atomic bomb was developed under the name of the Manhattan project and researched/ built in Oak Ridge (Tennessee), Hanford (Washington), and Los Alamos (New Mexico).
The result of the Manhattan project in WW 2 was to create 3 fission atomic bombs. The first was tested in the New Mexico desert in July 1945. The next two were dropped on Japan (Hiroshima and Nagasaki) in August 1945. The Japanese surrendered and WW 2 ended in September 1945.
Besides being the location of airbases, internment camps, pow camps, and other military installations, New Mexico was home to the Manhattan Project. The Los Alamos National Laboratory in Los Alamos, New Mexico developed the atomic bomb.