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"Little Boy"

This was the first nuclear weapon used in warfare. It was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan on August 6, 1945. It was detonated by firing a mass of uranium down a cylinder into another mass to create a self - sustaining nuclear reaction. It weighed about 9,000 pounds. The explosion was the equivalent of 20,000 pounds of TNT. It has been said that up to 200,000 people died from this bomb alone directly from radiation over time.

This is what an atomic bomb looks like after it has been detonated. It is clearly extremely powerful and will destroy everything in its path.



        

               This is what the city of Hiroshima, Japan looked like before the atomic bomb was dropped.





This is what Hiroshima, Japan looked like after the atomic bomb was dropped.

As you can see, after the bomb was dropped there were countless numbers of dead bodies left everywhere.



This was the B-29 plane that dropped the first atomic bomb. Standing next to the plane is Paul Warfield, the commander.

Videos:

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      The above video is a documentary on the "Manhattan Project." this was the project that created the first atomic bomb. The goverment named this bomb "Little Boy." This bomb was the equivelant of 20,000 pounds of TNT. It was said to of killed up to 200,000 people total over time because of heat or radiation.

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        In this video, it has audio of the commander in a B-29 plane during the dropping of the atomic bomb.




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        In this above video, it takes a closer look on just how the atomic bomb was assembled before dropping it on Hiroshima, Japan.




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      "On this day in 1945, at 8:16 a.m. Japanese time, an American B-29 bomber, the Enola Gay, drops the world's first atom bomb, over the city of Hiroshima. Approximately 80,000 people are killed as a direct result of the blast, and another 35,000 are injured. At least another 60,000 would be dead by the end of the year from the effects of the fallout."

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          On December 7, 1941, Japan launches a surprise attack on American soil at Pearl Harbor.