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Little Boy

United States · Warfare / World War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1945Date range
2Named people
2Places

Chronological records

1945

William Parsons6 August 1945

Tinian · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Arms the uranium weapon used at Hiroshima.

Carl Spaatz6 August 1945

Hiroshima · Warfare / World War, 2nd

"Little Boy", a gun-type uranium-235 weapon, is used against the city of Hiroshima, Japan

Names involved

Carl SpaatzWilliam Parsons

Provenance

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