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Fat Man. " Fat Man " (also known as Mark III) was the codename for the type of nuclear weapon the United States detonated over the Japanese city of Nagasaki on 9 August 1945. It was the second of the only two nuclear weapons ever used in warfare, the first being Little Boy, and its detonation marked the third nuclear explosion in history.
- United States
- Nuclear weapon
- 1945–1949
- Los Alamos Laboratory
Nov 7, 2023 · Whereas Little Boy exploded, the Fat Man imploded. The B-29 aircraft named “Bock’s Car,” piloted by Maj. Charles W. Sweeney and copilot Capt. Charles D. Albury dropped Fat Man on the city of Nagasaki 3 days after Little Boy hit Hiroshima. Fat Man, true to its name, was 10 feet long and weighed 10,800 pounds.
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Little Boy and Fat Man. An explosive nuclear chain reaction occurs when a sufficient quantity of nuclear fuel, such as uranium or plutonium, is brought together to form a critical mass. This is the minimum amount of fissionable material needed to start a chain reaction. The chain reaction starts when neutrons strike the heavy uranium or ...
Oct 20, 1989 · Fat Man and Little Boy: Directed by Roland Joffé. With Paul Newman, Dwight Schultz, Bonnie Bedelia, John Cusack. This film reenacts the Manhattan Project, the secret WWII project, and the first atomic bombs designed, built, and tested in Los Alamos.
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Box office. $3,563,162. Fat Man and Little Boy (released in the United Kingdom as Shadow Makers) is a 1989 American epic historical war drama film directed by Roland Joffé, who co-wrote the script with Bruce Robinson. The story follows the Manhattan Project, the secret Allied endeavor to develop the first nuclear weapons during World War II.
- October 20, 1989
- Tony Garnett
Jun 5, 2014 · This silent footage, in both color and black and white, shows the preparation of the “Little Boy” and “Fat Man” atomic bombs on Tinian Island. It includes the takeoff and return of the Enola Gay, which dropped "Little Boy" on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. The footage also depicts the mushroom cloud above Nagasaki.
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The bombing of the Japanese city of Nagasaki with the Fat Man plutonium bomb device on August 9, 1945, caused terrible human devastation and helped end World War II. August 9, 2020. The Target Committee appointed by President Harry Truman to decide which Japanese cities would receive the Little Boy and Fat Man atomic bombings did not place ...
