is for Alamogordo

Alamogordo is a location in New Mexico where America had their first successful test of Atomic bombs.

is for B-29

The B-29 was the type of plane that dropped the nuke on Hiroshima in 1945. It was said the nuke dropped from roughly 31,000 feet high in the sky.

is for Colonel Paul W. Tibbets

Colonel Paul W. Tibbets was the pilot of the B-29. He was only 30 years old when he dropped the bomb on Hiroshima.

is for Douglas MacArthur

General Douglas MacArthur and other top commanders favored the conventional bombing and nick-named it "Operation Downfall".

is for Enola Gay

Enola Gay was the B-29 Bomber flown by Colonel Paul W. Tibbets that dropped "Little Boy" on Japan. Tibbets nick-named the plane after his mother, Enola Gay Tibbets.

is for Fat Man

"Fat Man", was the name of the second Nuke that America dropped, it was on the city of Nagaskai the day after Hiroshima. The nuke was originally going to be dropped on kokura but, due to bad weather they moved on to the next city. This nuke was more powerful than the first bomb, "Little Boy".

is for General Dwight D. Eisenhower

General Dwight and the scientists involved in The Manhattan Project wanted to bomb Japan to end the war quickly. They wanted the war to end because studies had shown the war would end many more Amercian lives as it continued.

is for Hiroshima

Hiroshima had more then 340,000 people living in it before the bombing. Hiroshima was located in Honshu and was quite the large city. But, sadly was put to an end to win the war.

is for HirohIto

HirohIto was the Emperor of Japan when America bombed Hiroshima. Hirohito surrendered only nine days after the bombing, on August 15, 1945, which was signed on September 2, 1945 on the battleship Missouri.

is for Japan

Japan was bombed with nuclear bombs twice by America in 1945. America bombed the cities Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Nagasaki was hit harder than Hiroshima because the Nuke was heavier and built to do more damage.

is for Kokura

Kokura was the second target to be bombed by nuclear bomb "Fat Man", but the clouds over the city forced the pilot to drop "Fat Man" on Nagaskai instead.

is for Little Boy

"Little Boy" was the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan in 1945. It was dropped at 8:15 a.m. and exploded about 2,000 feet above Hiroshima.

is for Manhattan Project

The Manhattan Project was a code name for Americas effort to create an atomic weapon to be used during WWII. This led to the creation and usage of "Little Boy" and "Fat Man".

is for Nagasaki

Nagasaki was the second city in Japan to get A Bombed, they were hit harder then Hiroshima with a bomb named Fat Man, Kokura was the original victim but clouds stopped that and ended up dooming Nagasaki.

is for Oppenheimer

J. Robert Oppenheimer led the team that made the materials (plutonium and uranium) for the nuclear bomb.

is for Plutonium

Plutonium is one of the most used materials used in creating the nuclear bomb.

is for SQuare Miles

The bomb "Little Boy" destroyed five square miles of Hiroshima! It was equal to about 12,000 - 15,000 Tons of TNT, however, it was the lesser of the two nukes.