The Project Explained
In 1939, word spread that Germans had figured out how to split a uranium atom. Albert Einstein and Enrico Fermi, scientists, fled Germany to inform the U.S. of the dangers of atomic technology. The U.S. decided to follow in Germany's footsteps. So, in order to build an atomic bomb in secret, the U.S. created the "Manhattan Project" in 1941. One of the work sites, which turned out to be one of the most important, was set in Hanford, WA.