The story of Fat Man

The plutonium atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki.

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1945

Fat Man. The plutonium atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki.

Fat Man, involved in Atomic bombing of Nagasaki.

Fat Man, part of Manhattan Project.

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Pictures, from Wikimedia Commons: Fat Man, U.S. Department of Defense, Public domain; Atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Charles Levy, Public domain; Manhattan Project, Jack W. Aeby, July 16, 1945, Civilian worker at Los Alamos laboratory, working under the a, Public domain.