Einstein-Szilard letter
1939 · Event
Einstein and Szilard warn Roosevelt that Nazi Germany might build an atomic bomb, prompting US research.
On these timelines: The Manhattan Project, Science & Technology, USA, Germany, Master
More from The Manhattan Project
- Manhattan Project (1942)
- Trinity test (first atomic bomb) (1945)
- Los Alamos Laboratory established (1943)
- Roosevelt authorises the atomic bomb (1942)
- The Interim Committee recommends use (1945)
- Truman is told about the bomb (1945)
- The MAUD Report says the bomb is feasible (1941)
- Truman tells Stalin of a 'new weapon' (1945)
Around 1939
- Berlin Airlift (1948)
- Battle of Stalingrad (1942)
- Battle of Britain (1940)
- Indian independence and Partition (1947)
- Apartheid (1948)
- Spanish Civil War (1936)
- The Holocaust (1941)
- World War II (1939)
- Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany (1933)
- Great Depression (1929)