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Why was fat boy dropped on nagasaki and little man on hiroshima?
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∙ 11y ago
Because of their shapes. Fat Man used plutonium. A sphere of plutonium was surrounded by conventional explosives which were designed to send the force of their explosion inward to crush the sphere into a smaller shape (thus higher density) in order to trigger the nuclear reaction. Thus the bomb had a very rounded shape to it, suggestive of a fat man. In contrast the other bomb, which used uranium, had the nuclear reaction triggered by firing a small slug of uraniun down a track into a larger mass of the same element. Thus that bomb looked long and slender by comparison and so picked up the moniker Little Boy in contrast. Michael Montagne
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∙ 8y ago
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∙ 14y agoIt was a terrible act, but understand that the citizens of Japan were ready to stand on the beaches with swords, pitchforks and any available weapons, allowing thousands more Allied troop casualties on order to protect their emperor (The Japanese people viewed the emperor as a god and would worship him and fight to the death for him). The two bombs ended the war and resulted in the unconditional surrender of Japanese forces.
Remember that the United States Government sent out letters to the Japanese civilians at Hiroshima and Nagasaki warning of a possible atomic threat but the Japanese government intercepted these and did not hand them out to the civilians.
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∙ 12y agoThey needed code names for them.
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∙ 11y agoTo end the war.
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Name of the atomic bomb that hit Nagasaki and Hiroshima?
Little Boy was employed at Hiroshima and Fat Man at Nagasaki.
What were the names of the two bombs that the US dropped on Japan?
"Little Boy" was dropped on Hiroshima and "Fat Man" was dropped on Nagasaki .
When was fat boy dropped?
'Little Boy' was dropped upon Hiroshima whereas 'Fat Man' was dropped upon the Japanese city of Nagasaki .
Name of the missiles dropped at hiroshima nad nagasaki?
Fat Man and Little Boy
What are the names of the atomic bombs dropped on Nagasaki and Hiroshima during World War II?
The atomic bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima was named "Little Boy." The atomic bomb that was dropped on Nagasaki was named "Fat Man."
When where fat man and little boy bomb dropped?
Little Boy was dropped on Hiroshima Fat Man was dropped on Nagasaki
Name of the atomic bomb that hit Nagasaki and Hiroshima?
Little Boy was employed at Hiroshima and Fat Man at Nagasaki.
What were the names of the two bombs that the US dropped on Japan?
"Little Boy" was dropped on Hiroshima and "Fat Man" was dropped on Nagasaki .
What sort of bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
Fat man and little boy.
What was the names of nuclear bombs dropped on Japan?
The planes were both B29 Superfortress'; the Enola Gay (Hiroshima) and Bock's Car (Nagasaki).
What two cities received fat man and little boy?
Little boy was dropped over Hiroshima and fat boy was dropped over Nagasaki.
When was fat boy dropped?
'Little Boy' was dropped upon Hiroshima whereas 'Fat Man' was dropped upon the Japanese city of Nagasaki .
What two atomic bombs were dropped on japan?
They were called Little Boy and Fat man. (see related question link below)
What was the name of the atomic bomb that was dropped?
'Little Boy' (Hiroshima) 'Fat Man' (Nagasaki)
Where was fat man and little boy's exact place where they were dropped?
Hiroshima and Nagasaki Japan.
Name of the missiles dropped at hiroshima nad nagasaki?
Fat Man and Little Boy
Who dropped Litttle Boy on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
we did
