HISTORY
WORLD WAR II
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Question
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code name for the research and development program where scientists invented the atomic bomb
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Manhattan Project
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Brooklyn Project
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Bronx Project
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Charlotte Project
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The Army component of the project was designated the Manhattan District as its first headquarters were in Manhattan; the placename gradually superseded the official codename, Development of Substitute Materials, for the entire project.
Detailed explanation-2: -Project Y was the designation for the top-secret design and production of the atomic bombs for the Manhattan Project. General Leslie Groves, director of the Manhattan Project chose Robert Oppenheimer, a theoretical physicist, to lead Project Y, which is today better known as Los Alamos.
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