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On August 6 and 9, 1945, the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were destroyed by the first atomic bombs used in warfare. A massive enrichment laboratory/plant was constructed at Oak Ridge, Tennessee. This is where the Atomic bombs were made. The Atomic Bomb was used on Japan, It was one of the deadliest weapons used in the 1940's. After America used the Atomic bomb, it ended the war with Japan. The bomb, named "Little Boy," exploded 1,900 feet above the courtyard of Shima Hospital, with a force equivalent to 12,500 tons of TNT. By the end of 1945, 140,00 people had died as a direct result of the bombing. Within the following five years, another 60,000 would die of bomb-related causes.