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'''Fat Man''' was the name given to the third of three [[atomic bomb]]s which were sent by [[America]] to be used against [[Japan]] in [[August]] [[1945]], following [[Little Boy]] and the lost [[Big Momma]]. Fat Man was an even more powerful [[plutonium]] bomb. | |||
On [[9 August]], the Americans dropped Fat Man, on [[Nagasaki]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Endgame (novel)|Endgame]]'') As with [[Hiroshima]], the city was also flattened. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[4-Dimensional Vistas (comic story)|4-Dimensional Vistas]]'') Approximately 150,000 more people were killed by the Nagasaki bomb, bringing the total number of dead to a quarter of a million Japanese civilians. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Sky Jacks (comic story)|Sky Jacks]]'') Further deaths among people from both cities occurred later as a result of [[radiation poisoning]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Endgame (novel)|Endgame]]'') | |||
The destruction of the two cities ultimately convinced Japan's rulers of the need to surrender. The Japanese Emperor was forced to give the order to do so. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Road to Hell (comic story)|The Road to Hell]]'') Japan surrendered to the Americans ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Log 384 (short story)|Log 384]]'') on [[2 September]] 1945, ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Sky Jacks (comic story)|Sky Jacks]]'') ending the Pacific War and thus fully bringing World War II to its formal conclusion. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Base of Operations (short story)|Base of Operations]]'') The date became celebrated as [[VJ Day]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Deadly Reunion (novel)|Deadly Reunion]]'') or Victory in the Pacific Day. The Allies celebrated the occasion with what the Eleventh Doctor described as "one hell of a victory party." ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Sky Jacks (comic story)|Sky Jacks]]'') | |||
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