The two atomic bombs dropped on Japan by the United States in August 1945 were named 'Little Man' and 'Fat Boy'.

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False. The bombs were called “Little Boy” and “Fat Man,” not “Little Man” and “Fat Boy.” “Little Boy,” a gun-type uranium bomb, was dropped on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945 by the Enola Gay. “Fat Man,” a heavier, implosion-type plutonium bomb, was dropped on Nagasaki on August 9, 1945 by Bockscar.

These attacks led to Japan’s surrender and the end of World War II. The codenames reflected the bombs’ shapes and designs: “Little Boy” was long and thin; “Fat Man” was rounder and bulkier. To remember: L comes before F, and Hiroshima came before Nagasaki—so “Little Boy” first, “Fat Man” second. The two designs were crucial milestones in nuclear technology and shaped postwar geopolitics and debates about warfare and ethics.