Leslie Groves

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Born

Aug 17, 1896

Died

Jul 13, 1970

From

Albany, New York, USA

Lieutenant General Leslie Richard Groves Jr. was a United States Army Corps of Engineers officer who oversaw the construction of the Pentagon and directed the Manhattan Project, a top secret research project that developed the atomic bomb during World War II.

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To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb

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Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War

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The Day After Trinity

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A Compassionate Spy

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The Decision to Drop the Bomb

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Death in Focus

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Cold War Secrets: Stealing the Atomic Bomb

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Bombshell

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Too Near the Sun

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