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A serious psycological impact took place with the dropping of Little Boy and Fat Man. It was "acceptable" to see clouds of warplanes that would carpet bomb cities. They were expecting an invasion. But when Little Boy was dropped, it gave them pause to think. However, when Fat Man was dropped, it drove a drastic point home. Instead of clouds of warplanes that would kill thousands during a bombing raid, they had to reconsider the possibility that just a few warplanes now had the power to complete…