HISTORY
WORLD WAR II
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Question
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the secret plan to build an atomic weapon
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the secret German plan to bomb New York
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the Japanese plan to bomb New York
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the American plan to build a wall around New York
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Detailed explanation-1: -Manhattan Project, U.S. government research project (1942–45) that produced the first atomic bombs. American scientists, many of them refugees from fascist regimes in Europe, took steps in 1939 to organize a project to exploit the newly recognized fission process for military purposes.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Manhattan Project was the code name for the American-led effort to develop a functional atomic weapon during World War II.
Detailed explanation-3: -Security was a way of life for the Manhattan Project. The goal was to keep the entire atomic bomb program secret from Germany and Japan. In this, Manhattan Project security officials succeeded. They also sought, however, to keep word of the atomic bomb from reaching the Soviet Union.