Question

What was the Manhattan Project?

Answer 1

It was the secret project to split the atom and develop a nuclear bomb.

Explanation:

Led by Robert Oppenheimer, the project successfully tested and atom bomb. President Truman, in the face of the real risk of huge loss of American soldiers' lives in the event of a land invasion of Japan, gave the go-ahead to drop an atomic bomb.

On August 6th 1945, the American bomber Enola Gay, dropped Littlle Boy on Hiroshima. The Americans dropped a second bomb, Fat Man on Nagasaki 3 days later, leading to the surrender of Japan.