HISTORY
WORLD WAR II
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Question
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These were the nicknames FDR gave to Hitler and Mussolini
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They were the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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These were the code names given to the D-Day invasion and the Battle of the Bulge.
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They were singers who visited the war front and helped raise morale for the troops.
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -This gun-type uranium bomb, nicknamed Little Boy, weighed 9, 700 pounds. The bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, August 6, 1945, at 8:15 AM. A B-29 dropped the bomb from 31, 000 feet. The bomb exploded about 1, 500 feet above the city with a force of 15, 000 tons of TNT.
Detailed explanation-3: -The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki marked the crucial turning point in the history of the twentieth century. By the end of WWII Europe, the Soviet Union and the Japanese Empire lay in ruins, and the United States was in a position of unprecedented power in sole possession of the Bomb.
Detailed explanation-4: -The United States dropped an atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on 6th and 9th August 1945. It was done to force Japan to surrender because Japan was not ready to surrender unconditionally. Due to its devastation and huge loss Japan unconditionally accepted the surrender on August 14, 1945.