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“Fat Man” was the codename for the nuclear bomb detonated over Nagasaki, Japan, on August 9, 1945, according to the Simple English Wikipedia article. It was the second of only two nuclear weapons ever used in warfare, the first being “Little Boy” dropped on Hiroshima.
Fat Man was an implosion-type nuclear weapon, meaning it used explosive charges to compress a plutonium core, causing a chain reaction and a nuclear explosion. The Trinity nuclear test on July 16, 1945