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.
Even before the United States entered the War it feared that Nazi Germany was attempting to develop an atomic bomb. President Roosevelt therefore authorized an experimental nuclear weapons program â the Manhattan Project â in collaboration with Britain and Canada.