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Snake5555555555 11/18/19 8:03:00 PM #315:	11. Little Boy and Fat Man (The nuclear bomb detonations over Japan in World War 2) (23 points) Nominated by: paulg235 (1/4 remaining) https://www.atomicheritage.org/history/little-boy-and-fat-man Importance: 10 Fear: 10 Snake: 3 Little Boy was the first of only two nuclear weapons ever used in a war. It's also the biggest misnomer there may ever be. As I'm sure everyone knows, Hiroshima in Japan was devastated by this new advancement in technology, and its effects, far lasting. Fat Man was the second and last nuclear weapon ever used in a war, dropped on Nagasaki only three days after Little Boy. Total death count between the two bombings is estimated to be around 129,000226,000 people, a majority of which were merely civilians. The Atomic age had been rung in, and nothing would be the same ever again. Debate rages over the bombings to this day, some arguing that the bombing accelerated the end of World War II by causing a Japanese surrender, and possibly even saved more lives that would've been lost during war and in battles. And of course many claim it was entirely unnecessary, and even constituted a war crime for the United States. Simply put, it was an impossible situation, but from what I've seen and read online, there is more support towards the bombings than against it. The loss of human life should always be taken into consideration, obviously, and I'm personally of the opinion that it really did save more lives in the end, and not just in the short term. Seeing the real effects of a nuclear detonation taught us a valuable a lesson I believe, which I think has led to some careful "trigger fingers" so to speak throughout the following decades, especially during the Cold War. It's such a terrible thing to have to think about, but it happened, and there's no use trying to ignore it or its massive effects on history, with the mushroom clouds over Hiroshima & Nagasaki being our forever etched-in reminders of the power and dangers we wield. --- What I am about to do has not been approved by the Vatican. https://imgur.com/MmrKwGZ - https://imgur.com/ntWVGyh <cite>Snake5555555555 posted [p:930341688] in Snake Rank... [t:78055346]...</cite> <quote>11. Little Boy and Fat Man (The nuclear bomb detonations over Japan in World War 2) (23 points) Nominated by: paulg235 (1/4 remaining) https://www.atomicheritage.org/history/little-boy-and-fat-man Importance: 10 Fear: 10 Snake: 3 Little Boy was the first of only two nuclear weapons ever used in a war. It's also the biggest misnomer there may ever be. As I'm sure everyone knows, Hiroshima in Japan was devastated by this new advancement in technology, and its effects, far lasting. Fat Man was the second and last nuclear weapon ever used in a war, dropped on Nagasaki only three days after Little Boy. Total death count between the two bombings is estimated to be around 129,000226,000 people, a majority of which were merely civilians. The Atomic age had been rung in, and nothing would be the same ever again. Debate rages over the bombings to this day, some arguing that the bombing accelerated the end of World War II by causing a Japanese surrender, and possibly even saved more lives that would've been lost during war and in battles. And of course many claim it was entirely unnecessary, and even constituted a war crime for the United States. Simply put, it was an impossible situation, but from what I've seen and read online, there is more support towards the bombings than against it. The loss of human life should always be taken into consideration, obviously, and I'm personally of the opinion that it really did save more lives in the end, and not just in the short term. Seeing the real effects of a nuclear detonation taught us a valuable a lesson I believe, which I think has led to some careful "trigger fingers" so to speak throughout the following decades, especially during the Cold War. It's such a terrible thing to have to think about, but it happened, and there's no use trying to ignore it or its massive effects on history, with the mushroom clouds over Hiroshima & Nagasaki being our forever etched-in reminders of the power and dangers we wield. --- What I am about to do has not been approved by the Vatican. https://imgur.com/MmrKwGZ - https://imgur.com/ntWVGyh</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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