Many people who saw the bomb say that it was like "another sun"; the heat released burned everything in its path, including people. The winds from the blast tore down houses and buildings in a 1.5-mile radius .
Three days later, another bomb – the "Fat Man" – was dropped on the Japanese city of Nagasaki. Although the energy created by this bomb was greater than the "Little Boy" dropped in Hiroshima, the damage was slighter. Approximately forty thousand died outright and seventy thousand in total had died by the end of the year due to radiation.
An estimated two hundred thousand people died in total due to the effects of the bombings. Many people still argue whether the bombings we
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