Carl Spaatz9 August 1945
"Fat Man", an implosion-type plutonium-239 weapon, is used against the city of Nagasaki, Japan
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"Fat Man", an implosion-type plutonium-239 weapon, is used against the city of Nagasaki, Japan
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