HISTORY
WORLD WAR II
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Fat Man
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Little Boy
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The atomic bomb used at Nagasaki on August 9, 1945, was “Fat Man". The bomb was dropped by a USAAF B-29 airplane named “Bockscar “, piloted by U.S. Army Air Force Major Charles Sweeney. The bomb weighed 10, 000 pounds and had a diameter of 60 inches.
Detailed explanation-2: -According to the longtime lore, the bulbous-looking Fat Man bomb’s name was inspired by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. After the Thin Man bomb, whose moniker was inspired by the U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt, didn’t come to fruition, the gun-type uranium atomic bomb named Little Boy was developed.
Detailed explanation-3: -Three days after the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, a second atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki on August 9 – a 21-kiloton plutonium device known as “Fat Man.”
Detailed explanation-4: -Although the atomic bombs of World War II, which went by the code names Little Boy and Fat Man, used different fuels and triggering mechanisms, they were both fission bombs. This means that they harnessed the energy released by splitting either uranium or plutonium atoms.