How involved was Einstein in the project?
Einstein and a group of other scientific refugees fleeing the Nazis thought it was their duty to warn the United States that Germany might win the race for an atomic bomb, and to warn that Hitler would be audacious enough to resort to such a weapon. With this in mind, the United States initiated the Manhattan Project in order to beat the Germans in the atomic bomb race. While Einstein didn't work in the labs that developed the bomb, he worked as a consultant, and essentially provided the US with the proper intel needed to handle the Germans.
What was the "Atomic bomb race, or, nuclear arms race"?
The Nuclear Arms Race was a competition during the cold war between the United States and the Soviet Union for atomic weaponry. While it may seem that the US has won this competition for nuclear supremacy because of the bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Soviet Union shortly after developed nuclear weapons through spies in the Manhattan project. Which eventually would lead to the Soviet Union threatening their own nuclear warheads against the United States.
Who were the spies involved with the Manhattan project, and with whom were they affiliated with?
Klaus Fauchs and Theodore Hall were two notable spies responsible for providing the Soviet Union with valuable intel which ultimately lead them to develop nuclear weapons. Fauchs confessed to espionage and was later put on trial - his trial only lasted for 90 minutes and he was then given the maximum sentence of fourteen years of imprisonment. Hall on the other hand managed to keep his identity of a spy secret until the late 1900s, because of this he was never tried for espionage.
Einstein and a group of other scientific refugees fleeing the Nazis thought it was their duty to warn the United States that Germany might win the race for an atomic bomb, and to warn that Hitler would be audacious enough to resort to such a weapon. With this in mind, the United States initiated the Manhattan Project in order to beat the Germans in the atomic bomb race. While Einstein didn't work in the labs that developed the bomb, he worked as a consultant, and essentially provided the US with the proper intel needed to handle the Germans.
What was the "Atomic bomb race, or, nuclear arms race"?
The Nuclear Arms Race was a competition during the cold war between the United States and the Soviet Union for atomic weaponry. While it may seem that the US has won this competition for nuclear supremacy because of the bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Soviet Union shortly after developed nuclear weapons through spies in the Manhattan project. Which eventually would lead to the Soviet Union threatening their own nuclear warheads against the United States.
Who were the spies involved with the Manhattan project, and with whom were they affiliated with?
Klaus Fauchs and Theodore Hall were two notable spies responsible for providing the Soviet Union with valuable intel which ultimately lead them to develop nuclear weapons. Fauchs confessed to espionage and was later put on trial - his trial only lasted for 90 minutes and he was then given the maximum sentence of fourteen years of imprisonment. Hall on the other hand managed to keep his identity of a spy secret until the late 1900s, because of this he was never tried for espionage.