What is the Manhattan Project?
2007-05-21 10:04:40 · 6 answers · asked by Michael R 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
The Manhattan project was the development of the atomic bomb. Many great minds were brought together to work on a big bomb which resulted in the 2 atomic bombs that were dropped on Japan during World War 2.
2007-05-21 10:13:35 · answer #1 · answered by John 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Manhattan Project was the developement of the atomic bomb. It took place in the 1940's and was meant to save the lives of many Americans, if successfull. As history shows, it was!
2007-05-21 20:46:43 · answer #2 · answered by bikinybandit 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What was the Manhattan Project ? The project that ultimately led to the development of the atomic bomb.
2007-05-21 17:10:16 · answer #3 · answered by SgtMoto 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was the project here in the USA, in Los Alamos NM that developed the first atomic weapons, the ones used for testing and also for Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Check out the following website, it'll give you all of the basic information:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan_Project
2007-05-21 17:12:52 · answer #4 · answered by John B 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was a team of scientists led by Oppenheimer to develop an atomic weapon before the Germans. The idea of using atomic power as a weapon was suggested by Einstein.
2007-05-21 17:41:04 · answer #5 · answered by Igloo Man 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was the research and the development or nuclear weapons during WW II
2007-05-21 22:02:05 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋