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.
The United States dropped two atomic bombs, the first on Hiroshima and the second on Nagasaki (August 6 and 9, 1945). The results were horendous. Japanese scientists were at the time working on an atmic bomb.This was of course secret and only a small number of officvials and ciebtisdts were aware of the work.he American Manhattan Program was the largest weapons development program in history. It was initiated by President Roosevelt when work done by German physicists led to concern that the NAZIs might build an atomic bomb.