Declassified Government Photos That Show a Different Side of History

Prepping the A-Bomb

Public Domain / National Archives

This photograph shows the 1945 preparation of “Fat Man,” an atomic bomb that was eventually dropped on the city of Nagasaki, Japan, during WWII. In the photo, a soldier is inspecting the bomb before it heads to the Tinian Island military base.

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