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. Taniguchi san was on his red bicycle delivering mail in the sumiyoshi machi area on that hot nagasaki day.
It was 11 02 a m. A mile away from this small primitive nuclear bomb was not far enough. Sumiteru taniguchi aged 16 in 1945 was about one mile away from the nagasaki epicenter.
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. Many of those who survived the nuclear attacks would die from radiation induced illnesses for years to come.
By the end of 1945 the blast heat and radiation of the nuclear attacks had killed an estimated 74 000 in nagasaki and 140 000 in hiroshima. See more ideas about nagasaki atomic bomb hiroshima nagasaki. Sep 26 2015 the fat man atomic bomb was dropped on nagasaki japan on august 9 1945.
The city was left in smoldering ruin by the blast wave and. 9 1945 the second atomic bomb following hiroshima was detonated over our city nagasaki japan. Seventy five years ago on aug.
On august 6 1945 the united states dropped an atomic bomb on the city of hiroshima. For a detailed timeline of the bombings please see hiroshima and nagasaki bombing timeline. The first two atomic bombs ever used were dropped on japan in early august 1945.
Atomic bomb dropped on nagasaki on this day in 1945 a second atom bomb is dropped on japan by the united states at nagasaki resulting finally in japan s unconditional surrender.
Nuclear bomb nagasaki japan 1945. 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.
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.
