2.+The+Bombs

"Little Boy" On August 6, 1945 at 9:15 A.M. Tokyo time, the city of Hiroshima was taken by surprise with a blast of fiery white light released with the energy of 15,000 pounds of TNT. Anything within 300 meters of the blast center, which was within 100 meters of the intended target, was immediately disintegrated. The uranium atomic bomb was dropped by a B-29 bomber //Enola Gay// piloted by Colonel Paul W. Tibbets. Within minutes, there were over 60,000 deaths and more than 140,000 injuries, and the city had been flattened to the ground almost instantly. The aftermath of Little Boy on Hiroshima Close up of post-bombing Hiroshima
 * Hiroshima - "Little Boy"**

Pre-bomb Hiroshima

Post-bomb Hiroshima

Truman warned the Japanese emperor Hirohito that if his country did not immediately agree to the terms and conditions of the Potsdam Declaration, "they may expect a rain of ruin from the air, the like of which has never been seen on this earth." Despite the extreme damage and casualties caused by the bomb, Hirohito did not offer a surrender or respond to the bombing of his country. The scheduled bombing of the designated second city, Kokura, was moved from the original date of August 11 to August 9, due to inclement weather due on August 10.

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Nagasaki - "Fat Man"
"Fat Man"

The Bomb "Fat Man" was dropped on Nagasaki at 11:02 A.M. after being re-routed from the city of Kokura due to smoke cover over the city. The B-29 bomber //Bock's Car,// piloted by Major Charles W. Sweeney, carried the 20 kilo-ton bomb on board. The bomb destroyed approximately 39% of the city and killed 42,000 people, injuring almost as many. The mushroom cloud from Fat Man Pre- and post-bomb Nagasaki media type="youtube" key="fWoNDxjOksM" height="385" width="480" align="center"

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