WORLD WAR II 1941 1945
HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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THE ASH CITY
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THE BOMB
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LITTLE AND FAT
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Little Boy, the bomb dropped on Hiroshima, was a gun-assembly fission bomb using uranium, whereas Fat Man, the bomb dropped on Nagasaki, was an implosion fission bomb utilizing plutonium.
Detailed explanation-2: -The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were the detonation of two atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on 6 and 9 August 1945 by the United States.
Detailed explanation-3: -The B-29 Bock’s Car (named after Frederick Bock, who was the usual pilot), dropped the bomb from 29, 000 feet. The bomb exploded 1, 650 feet above the slopes of the city with a force of 21, 000 tons of TNT. The pilot was Maj. Charles W.
Detailed explanation-4: -The two atomic bombs dropped on Japan in 1945 killed and maimed hundreds of thousands of people, and their effects are still being felt today. By the end of 1945, the bombing had killed an estimated 140, 000 people in Hiroshima, and a further 74, 000 in Nagasaki.