Tube Alloys
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Tube Alloys was a nuclear weapons research and development programme authorised by the United Kingdom, in August 1941, with the participation of Canada, during the Second World War. Starting before th
Lord Cherwell, scientific advisor to the prime minister, Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles Portal, Admiral of the Fleet Sir Dudley Pound, and Winston Churchill in June 1941.
William Penney, Otto Frisch, Rudolf Peierls and John Cockcroft each received the Medal of Freedom in May 1947.
University of Birmingham, blue plaque commemorating the authors of the Frisch–Peierls memorandum at the Poynting Physics Building.
Poynting (physics) Building at the University of Birmingham.
Quebec Agreement
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The Quebec Agreement was a secret agreement between the United Kingdom and the United States outlining the terms for the coordinated development of the science and engineering related to nuclear energ
Mackenzie King, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference in August 1943
Sir John Anderson, the minister responsible for Tube Alloys
Vannevar Bush, Director of the US Office of Scientific Research and Development
Lord Cherwell (foreground, in bowler hat) was scientific advisor to Winston Churchill (centre)