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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 it was built by scientists and engineers at los alamos laboratory using plutonium from the. Fat man was the codename for the nuclear bomb that was detonated over the japanese city of nagasaki by the united states on 9 august 1945. The bombing of hiroshima killed roughly 135 000 people.
The little boy bomb was the equivalent of 15 000 tons of tnt and decimated 70 of the buildings in the city. It was a compact city which meant that the bomb destroyed nearly all of it. Hiroshima became the first city targeted by an atomic bomb.
On august 9 1945 it was the target for the second atomic bomb dropped on japan by the united states during world war ii. Nagasaki capital and largest city of nagasaki prefecture western kyushu japan at the mouth of the urakami gawa urakami river where it empties into nagasaki ko nagasaki harbor. Nagasaki keiko shinozaki in april became the first female director of the nagasaki atomic bomb museum and immediately upon taking up the role saw the facility closed to the public as the.
In early august 1945 warfare changed forever when the united states dropped two atomic bombs on japan devastating the cities of hiroshima and nagasaki and killing more than 100 000 people. 9 1945 and killed an estimated 74 000 people by the end of 1945. Hibiki yamaguchi a 44 year old member of the nagasaki atomic bomb testimonial society introduced photographs and objects that showed the devastation caused by the plutonium core bomb known as fat man which was dropped on aug.
Hibiki yamaguchi a 44 year old member of the nagasaki atomic bomb testimonial society introduced photographs and objects that showed the devastation caused by the plutonium core bomb known as. The united states detonated two nuclear weapons over the japanese cities of hiroshima and nagasaki on august 6 and 9 1945 respectively with the consent of the united kingdom as required by the quebec agreement the two bombings killed between 129 000 and 226 000 people most of whom were civilians and remain the only uses of nuclear weapons in armed conflict.
