Hvad hed bomberne der blev smidt over hiroshima og nagasaki?
Fat Man
Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
I august 1945 havde de allieredes Manhattan-projekt produceret to typer atombomber, og 509th Composite Group fra USAAF (United States Army Air Forces) var udstyret med den specialiserede Silverplate-version af Boeing B-29 Superfortress, der kunne levere dem fra Tinian på Marianerne. Ordren til atombomber, der skulle bruges mod fire japanske byer, blev udstedt den 25. juli. Den 6. august kastede et af dets B-29-fly en Little Boy-bombe af urankanon-typen over Hiroshima. Tre dage senere, den 9. august, blev en Fat Man-bombe af plutoniumimplosionstypen afkastet af en anden B-29-bombe på Nagasaki. Bomberne ødelagde straks deres mål. I løbet af de næste to til fire måneder dræbte de akutte virkninger af atombomberne 90.000-146.000 mennesker i Hiroshima og 39.000-80.000 mennesker i Nagasaki; omkring halvdelen af dødsfaldene i hver by skete på den første dag. Et stort antal mennesker fortsatte med at dø af virkningerne af forbrændinger, strålesyge og andre skader, der blev forværret af sygdom og underernæring, i mange måneder derefter. I begge byer var de fleste af de døde civile, selv om Hiroshima havde en betydelig militær garnison.
Fat Man
Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
By August 1945, the Allies' Manhattan Project had produced two types of atomic bombs, and the 509th Composite Group of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) was equipped with the specialized Silverplate version of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress that could deliver them from Tinian in the Mariana Islands. Orders for atomic bombs to be used on four Japanese cities were issued on July 25. On August 6, one of its B-29s dropped a Little Boy uranium gun-type bomb on Hiroshima. Three days later, on August 9, a Fat Man plutonium implosion-type bomb was dropped by another B-29 on Nagasaki. The bombs immediately devastated their targets. Over the next two to four months, the acute effects of the atomic bombings killed 90,000–146,000 people in Hiroshima and 39,000–80,000 people in Nagasaki; roughly half of the deaths in each city occurred on the first day. Large numbers of people continued to die from the effects of burns, radiation sickness, and other injuries, compounded by illness and malnutrition, for many months afterward. In both cities, most of the dead were civilians, although Hiroshima had a sizable military garrison.
Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki