FActs
'Fat Man' (top) and
'Little Boy' (bottom)
-Some historians argue that the second bombing was "completely unnecessary" because of the lack of time
between the two bombings.
-The bomb dropped on Nagasaki caused 60,000-80,000 deaths.
- The bomb dropped on Hiroshima directly killed 80,000 people and destroyed 68% of the city's buildings. An estimated 60,000 died from injuries and radioactive sicknesses.
-"Little Boy" was made of Uranium- 235. Its design was not tested, unlike the more complex plutonium bomb "Fat Man".
- The idea for the atomic bombs was based on a science fiction novel, The World Set Free, written in 1913 by H.G. Wells.
-The bomb dropped on Nagasaki caused 60,000-80,000 deaths.
- The bomb dropped on Hiroshima directly killed 80,000 people and destroyed 68% of the city's buildings. An estimated 60,000 died from injuries and radioactive sicknesses.
-"Little Boy" was made of Uranium- 235. Its design was not tested, unlike the more complex plutonium bomb "Fat Man".
- The idea for the atomic bombs was based on a science fiction novel, The World Set Free, written in 1913 by H.G. Wells.
