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Leslie Richard Groves Jr. (17 August 1896 – 13 July 1970) 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.
Jul 18, 2023 · Lieutenant General Leslie Groves plays an instrumental role in the creation of the atomic bomb in Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, but not all moviegoers know what happened to the director of the Manhattan Project after World War II.
Jun 5, 2014 · General Leslie Groves and J. Robert Oppenheimer were a study in contrasts, yet both were indispensable to the success of the Manhattan Project. Both men were extremely ambitious and overcame personal differences to achieve their common purpose.
Jul 20, 2023 · No one person can be credited with producing the world's first atomic bomb but two men had outsize achievements in that effort: physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer and Army Lt. Gen. Leslie Groves.
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- Cillian Murphy as J. Robert Oppenheimer. Cillian Murphy stars as theoretical physicist J Robert Oppenheimer, known as the “father of the atomic bomb.” Oppenheimer was named the director of the Manhattan Project’s Los Alamos Laboratory in New Mexico.
- Emily Blunt as Katherine "Kitty" Oppenheimer. Emily Blunt stars as Katherine “Kitty” Oppenheimer, who married J Robert Oppenheimer in 1940. Born in Germany, Kitty was a botanist and biologist whose early life was associated with the Communist party after she became the common-law wife of party member Joseph Dallet Jr.
- Matt Damon as Leslie Groves. Matt Damon plays Leslie Groves, who was the director of the Manhattan Project. The group’s mission was to develop the first atomic bomb during World War II.
- Robert Downey Jr. as Lewis Strauss. plays Lewis Strauss, who served two terms on the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (AEC). Strauss was the organization’s chairman during his second term.
In this episode, we take a closer look at Lieutenant General Leslie Groves, director of the Manhattan Project. While a lot of interest is rightfully set on Oppenheimer, Groves proves to be an interesting character and pivotal player in the development of the bomb.
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Groves took personal responsibility to override the objections of the FBI and selected Oppenheimer to spearhead the effort of collecting scientists at a facility to be constructed at Los Alamos, New Mexico.
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