August 2nd,1939 - The world is still at peace when a letter, signed by Jєωιѕн scientist Albert Einstein, is sent to FDR. The letter was actually co-written with three other Jєωιѕн scientists (Szilard, Teller, and Wigner) In it, the mad scientists urge FDR to fund a research program for the purpose of developing an Atomic Bomb (to be used on Germany.)
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Later that year, FDR initiates the Briggs Advisory Committee to explore the matter. Out of Briggs grew the S-1 Uranium Committee. By 1942, S-1 grows into the "Manhattan Project."
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For nearly 3 years, many of the world's top scientists will be holed up in reclusive research facilities across the U.S. The Project is supported by the military and 100,000 workers (most of them kept ignorant of "the Big Picture"). It culminates with the dropping of the Atomic bombs on Japan (Hiroshima, August 6, 45 and Nagasaki, August 10, 45)
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Billboard in secret city of Oak Ridge, TN warns workers to keep quiet!
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The Einstein letter had been kept secret. Briggs had been kept secret.  S-1 had been kept secret. The 100,000 participants of the Manhattan Project had been kept secret. Even the actual detonation of a test A-bomb had been kept secret!
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