Weapons of World War 2

If you ever decide to rent the 1989 movie “Fat Man and Little Boy,” starring Paul Newman, be prepared. Watching this film about the development of the atomic bomb is undeniably disturbing. The film, titled for the nicknames of the two weapons dropped on Japan at the end of World War II, confronts the arguments against creation of the bomb: that Japan seemed defeated by the time it was ready for use; that there was uncertainty …

…estimates. The war's vast and frenzied sweep made record keeping impossible but rough consensus has been reached on the total cost of the war. In terms of money spent, it has been put at more than $1 trillion, which makes it more expensive than all other wars combined. The human cost, not including more than 6 million Jews killed in the Holocaust, is estimated to have been 55 million dead—25 million of those military and 30 million civilian. (Ziemke)