USA HISTORY

What was the code name for the development of the atomic bomb?

(A) The General Atomic Plan

(B) The Nuclear Deal

(C) ** The Manhattan Project

(D) Fallout

Concept note-1: -Contents. The Manhattan Project was the code name for the American-led effort to develop a functional atomic weapon during World War II.

Concept note-2: -…was given the code name Project Y. One bomb, using plutonium, was successfully tested on July 16, 1945, at a site 193 km (120 miles) south of Albuquerque, New Mexico. …to by its code name Project Y.

Concept note-3: -Manhattan Project, U.S. government research project (1942–45) that produced the first atomic bombs.