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Little Boy was the name of the type of atomic bomb used in the bombing of the Japanese city of Hiroshima on 6 August 1945 during World War II, making it the first nuclear weapon used in warfare.
Aug 6, 2020 · Two American atomic bombs ended World War II in August 1945, and the devastation will be forever remembered. In an instant when the first bomb was dropped, tens of thousands of residents of Hiroshima, Japan were killed by “Little Boy,” the code name for the first atomic bomb used in warfare in world history.
Jul 23, 2014 · Technical description, photographs, and video of atomic bombs Little Boy and Fat Man dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945.
The Mk I bomb, nicknamed "Little Boy," was the first nuclear weapon used in warfare. It was delivered by the B-29 Enola Gay (on display at the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum), it detonated at an altitude of 1,800 feet over Hiroshima, Japan, on Aug. 6, 1945.
Aug 20, 2014 · Little Boy, the nuclear bomb that U.S. forces dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima on August 6th, 1945, leveled a two-mile radius of the city, killing an estimated 80,000 people. It...
Aug 31, 2021 · Campbell drew the designs for the internal workings of the gun-type uranium bomb, known as Little Boy, which was detonated over Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945. Campbell was more than a talented artist. She was trained in architecture, experienced in technical drawing, and served in the military.
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Mar 8, 2024 · The plutonium bomb acquired the nickname Fat Man; the uranium bomb was Little Boy. Frank helped supervise an enormous complex for uranium separation at Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
