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Japan / USA: A replica of the atomic bomb code-named 'Fat Man', dropped over Nagasaki,9 August 1945

'Fat Man' was the codename for the type of atomic bomb that was detonated over the Japanese city of Nagasaki by the United States on 9 August 1945. It was the second of the only two nuclear weapons ever used in warfare, the first being 'Little Boy', and its detonation marked the third ever man-made nuclear explosion in history.<br/><br/>. It was built by scientists and engineers at Los Alamos Laboratory using plutonium from the Hanford Site and dropped from the Boeing B-29 Superfortress Bockscar.

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Title: Japan / USA: A replica of the atomic bomb code-named 'Fat Man', dropped over Nagasaki,9 August 1945

Caption: 'Fat Man' was the codename for the type of atomic bomb that was detonated over the Japanese city of Nagasaki by the United States on 9 August 1945. It was the second of the only two nuclear weapons ever used in warfare, the first being 'Little Boy', and its detonation marked the third ever man-made nuclear explosion in history.

. It was built by scientists and engineers at Los Alamos Laboratory using plutonium from the Hanford Site and dropped from the Boeing B-29 Superfortress Bockscar.

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