Leslie Groves — Trinity, 16 July 1945: The First Atomic Bomb Test · Aristotree

sam_r84/Trinity, 16 July 1945: The First Atomic Bomb Test

10nodes18relationshipsrels

Leslie Groves. 3 connected concepts: J. Robert Oppenheimer (related to), Manhattan Project (related to), Trinity, 16 July 1945: The First Atomic Bomb Test (related to).

100%

Leslie Groves

Also known as: Leslie R. Groves · Lieutenant General Leslie Richard Groves, Jr. · Leslie Richard Groves · L. R. Groves

Summary

Leslie Richard Groves Jr.

4 words

Connections3

Oversaw scientific director
Groves appointed Oppenheimer to lead the scientific work at Los Alamos.
SourcesWikipedia Wikipedia Wikipedia
Led the military project
Groves was the military director of the Manhattan Project.
SourcesWikipedia Wikipedia Wikipedia
Military project leader
Leslie Groves led the Manhattan Project, which organized and funded the Trinity test.
SourcesWikipedia Wikipedia

Leslie Groves image — Wikimedia

SourcesWikipedia Wikipedia authors and history CC BY-SA 4.0

Facts