Main Cities Within Lee County, Alabama. 1  Auburn, Alabama. 2  Opelika, Alabama. 3  Phenix City, Alabama. 4  Smiths Station, Alabama.
The Manhattan Project was the project to develop the first nuclear  weapon (atomic bomb) during World War II by the United States, the  United Kingdom, and Canada.
Publisher. A+E Networks. President Harry Truman learns the full details of the Manhattan Project, in which scientists are attempting to create the first atomic bomb, on this day in 1945. The information thrust upon Truman a momentous decision: whether or not to use the worldâs first weapon of mass destruction.resident Harry Truman learns the full details of the Manhattan Project, in which scientists are attempting to create the first atomic bomb, on this day in 1945.