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The Manhattan Project Was Code Name For What WWII-Era Weapon?

Retry Correct Incorrect The Manhattan Project was the creation of the world’s first atomic bomb. The weapons, named Little Boy and Fat Man, were dropped on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki respectively in August 1945, thus bringing an end to WWII.

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The Manhattan Project Was Code Name For What WWII-Era Weapon?

• M4 Sherman tank
• The atomic bomb
• German U-boats
• B-17 Flying Fortress