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Leslie Groves

Leslie Groves

Born: 1896-08-17 • 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.

Filmography
To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb poster
To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb
2023 • Self - Director, Manhattan Project (voice) (archive sound)
A Compassionate Spy poster
A Compassionate Spy
2022 • Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Cold War Secrets: Stealing the Atomic Bomb poster
Cold War Secrets: Stealing the Atomic Bomb
2015 • Self - Director of the Manhattan Project (archive footage)
Death in Focus poster
Death in Focus
1989 • Lieutenant General/ Engineer
The Day After Trinity poster
The Day After Trinity
1981 • Self (archive footage)
The Decision to Drop the Bomb poster
The Decision to Drop the Bomb
1965 • Self