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The fear that Germany was already well on the way to building an atomic bomb and could make first use of them against either England or the USSR at any moment.

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Why did the US build the atomic bomb?

To defend against a possible Nazi atomic bomb!


When did the us build the atomic bomb?

1945


Who created and used the atomic bomb?

the us created the atomic bomb


If the atomic bomb cost billions of dollars why did you build one?

The original reason that the US began the project to build the atomic bomb was fear. Fear that Nazi Germany would build one first and use it to take over the world.After the war ended the US and USSR built them out of fear of each other.


The top secret program to build a atomic bomb was called what?

There were a number of top secret programs to build an atomic bomb. If you mean the secret plan of the US, it was called the Manhattan Project.


Who left Germany became a US citizen and urged the US to start working to build an atomic bomb before the Germans did?

Einstein


Is Pakistani bomb is an Islamic bomb?

If you consider the US atomic bomb is a Christian bomb, the French atomic bomb is also Christian bomb and so on, then you can name the Pakistani atomic bomb an Islamic bomb.


What was the us governments effort to build the atomic bomb called?

The allieds (US, UK and Canada) called the project to make the Atomic Bomb was called the manhattan projecty. It started on 13th August 1942 and was abaloished in August 15th 1947.


When did the US Use atomic bomb on japan?

The US dropped the atomic bomb onto Japan on August 1945.


What new bomb was made after the atomic bomb by the us?

The hydrogen bomb.


The us government effort to build the atomic bomb was called?

The allieds (US, UK and Canada) called the project to make the Atomic Bomb was called the manhattan projecty. It started on 13th August 1942 and was abaloished in August 15th 1947.


What country invented the nuclear bomb?

Since Leo Szilard invented the atomic bomb in 1933 in London and patented it in 1934, I would have to say it was invented in England. But he was unable to build it at the time.It took another 12 years and a gigantic investment in industrial infrastructure before the US was able to build the first ones based on this patent.