little boy was the atomic bomb that was dropped on hiroshima.
the atomic bomb that was dropped on hiroshima?
little boy
bullet::::- august 6 – ww ii: atomic bombing of hiroshima: the united states drops an atomic bomb (nicknamed "little boy") on hiroshima, japan, at 8:15 a.m. (local time). this sent shockwaves throughout the world as the first atomic bomb used on civilians.









































bullet::::- august 7 – president harry truman announces the successful bombing of hiroshima with the atomic bomb, while returning from the potsdam conference aboard the u.s. navy heavy cruiser "" in the middle of the atlantic ocean.
1945 in the united states
in preparation for dropping an atomic bomb on hiroshima, the oppenheimer-led scientific panel of the interim committee decided against a demonstration bomb and against a special leaflet warning. those decisions were implemented because of the uncertainty of a successful detonation and also because of the wish to maximize shock in the leadership. no warning was given to hiroshima that a new and much more destructive bomb was going to be dropped. various sources gave conflicting information about when the last leaflets were dropped on hiroshima prior to the atomic bomb. robert jay lifton wrote that it was july 27, and theodore h. mcnelly wrote that it was july 30. the usaaf history noted that eleven cities were targeted with leaflets on july 27, but hiroshima was not one of them, and there were no leaflet sorties on july 30. leaflet sorties were undertaken on august 1 and august 4. hiroshima may have been leafleted in late july or early august, as survivor accounts talk about a delivery of leaflets a few days before the atomic bomb was dropped. three versions were printed of a leaflet listing 11 or 12 cities targeted for firebombing; a total of 33 cities listed. with the text of this leaflet reading in japanese "...we cannot promise that only these cities will be among those attacked..." hiroshima was not listed.
atomic bombings of hiroshima and nagasaki