WORLD WAR I
CAUSES AND COURSE OF THE WAR
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a plan to increase war production in U.S. industry
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a code name for atomic bomb research
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the Allied plan for the invasion of Europe
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a code name for the invasion of Guadalcanal
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Manhattan Project was the code name for the American-led effort to develop a functional atomic weapon during World War II.
Detailed explanation-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.
Detailed explanation-3: -Manhattan Project, U.S. government research project (1942–45) that produced the first atomic bombs.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Manhattan Project produced two different types of atomic bombs, code-named Fat Man and Little Boy.
Detailed explanation-5: -James C. Marshall was selected to head the project. Soon an office in New York City was opened, and in August the project was officially given the name Manhattan Engineer District-hence Manhattan Project, the name by which this effort would be known ever afterward.