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Secret US effort to develop an atomic weapon before any other country?

Manhattan Project


What is secret project of the Manhattan project?

The Manhattan Project was the code name for the WWII project to build the first Nuclear Weapon, the Atomic Bomb.


Goal of Manhattan project?

To create the atomic bomb before Nazi Germany could (if possible). Otherwize to have an atomic bomb to use on Nazi Germany in retaliation for their using them on England or the USSR (our allies). It was never expected when the Manhattan Project started that we might use them on Japan, but after Germany surrendered just before the Manhattan Project had a working atomic bomb, it had significant momentum, and it was becoming obvious how hard it really would be to defeat Japan the US decided that as fast as the atomic bombs could manufactured by the Manhattan Project's factories the atomic bombs would be used on Japan until it surrendered.


Which military weapon was constructed as part of the government program known as the Manhattan Project?

The primary military weapon constructed as part of the Manhattan Project was the atomic bomb. This top-secret project, initiated during World War II, aimed to develop nuclear weapons to counter the Axis powers. The first successful test of an atomic bomb, known as the Trinity test, occurred on July 16, 1945, in New Mexico, leading to the subsequent bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945.


What happened in Los Alamos in the 1940's?

Los Alamos in the 1940s was the site of the Manhattan Project, a top-secret U.S. government program to develop the atomic bomb during World War II. Scientists like J. Robert Oppenheimer conducted groundbreaking research that led to the successful testing of the first nuclear weapon in July 1945.


What was the purpose of the war manhatten project and how did it result in the end of the war against japan?

it was a secert program. the goal was to develop an atomic bomb, a weapon the produces tremendous power by splitting atomics.


What was not a new weapon develop during World War 1?

Atomic bombs


What is the name of the original project to develop nuclear weapon?

Manhattan Engineering District


Who was the scientific director of the secret US project known as the Manhattan Project which developed the world's first nuclear weapon?

Oppenheimer


What did the US hope to achieve with the Manhattan Project?

the creation of atomic weapon !


What was the name given to the US effort to develop the first nuclear weapon?

Manhattan project


Was the invention of the atomic bomb a accident?

No, the invention of the atomic bomb was not an accident. It was a deliberate and purposeful effort by scientists working on the Manhattan Project during World War II to develop a powerful weapon for the United States.