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1code name for the secret united states project set up in 1942 to develop atomic bombs for use in world war ii23 sets
2code name for the u.s. effort during world war ii to produce the atomic bomb. much of the early research was done in new york city by refugee physicists in the united states.13 sets
3secret american program during wwii to develop an atomic bomb7 sets
4secret research project that resulted in the atomic bomb7 sets
5a secret u.s. project for the construction of the atomic bomb.4 sets
6the governments project to make the first atomic bomb3 sets
7secret american scientific initiative to develop an atomic bomb3 sets
8the american program to build an atomic bomb3 sets
9secret american program during world war ii to develop an atomic bomb3 sets
10project to develop the first nuclear bomb. tested in july 19453 sets
11a project where scientists worked to make an atomic bomb3 sets
12the development of the atomic bomb2 sets
13the manhattan project was a secret research and development project of the u.s to develop the atomic bomb. its success granted the u.s the bombs that ended the war with japan as well as ushering the country into the atomic era.2 sets
14top-secret operation for creating the nuclear bomb2 sets
15this was the code name for the us government's secret project that was established before world war ii and culminated in the development of the nuclear bomb. it involved the united states, the united kingdom, and canada and was active between 1941-1946.2 sets
16the secret research project that developed the atomic bomb2 sets
17name of the project to build the first atomic bomb in the u.s.2 sets
18project to build atomic bomb2 sets
19code name for the anglo-american project to develop the atomic bomb2 sets
20top-secret undertaking to develop an atomic bomb.2 sets
21secret american program to develop an atomic bomb2 sets
22top secret program to build an atomic bomb2 sets
23top secret operation to create the atomic bomb (2 words),2 sets
24research for nuclear weapons, it was in los alimos, nm2 sets
25code name for atomic bomb2 sets
26wartime effort to design and build the first nuclear weapons2 sets
27code name given to the development of the us atomic bomb during world war ii. work on the bomb was carried out in great secrecy by a team including us physicists enrico fermi and j. robert oppenheimer. the first test took place on july 16, 1945, near alamogordo, new mexico, and the next month the us air force dropped bombs on japan.2 sets
28the most expensive and important u.s. research project during wwii, it developed the a-bomb.2 sets
29u.s. effort to develop nuclear weapons2 sets
30"top secret" atomic bomb tested in alamogordo, new mexico2 sets
31group of scientist working to create the first atomic bomb1 set
32a secret u.s. project for the construction of the atomic bomb, code name for the secret united states project set up in 1942 to develop atomic bombs for use in world war ii1 set
33secret american program during wwii to develop an atomic bomb; j. robert oppenheimer led the team of physicists at los alamos, new mexico1 set
34code name for the best kept secret united states project set up in 1942 to develop atomic bombs for use in world war ii -600.000 americans involved1 set
35secret project to develop the a bomb1 set
36us project where the atomic bomb was created1 set
37secret project carried out in oak ridge, tn; built the atomic bomb1 set
38secret plan to build an atomic bomb1 set
39project begun by the united states in 1942 to develop a nuclear bomb1 set
40plan to create atomic bomb1 set