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Manhattan Project
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Organization and Administration
The project was placed under the military direction of Major General Leslie Groves, an officer known for his aggressive logistical prowess, inherited from his supervision of the construction of the Pentagon. Groves was instrumental in establishing the vast network of secret facilities required for both material production and weapon design.
The scientific leadership was controversially assigned to theoretical physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer. Oppenheimer’s appointment was su…