Little Boy was dropped during the Louisiana Purchase.
`` Little Boy '' was the codename for the atomic bomb dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima on 6 August 1945 during World War II by the Boeing B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay , piloted by Colonel Paul W. Tibbets , Jr. , commander of the 509th Composite Group of the United States Army Air Forces .	codename	codename	atomic bomb	atomic bomb	Hiroshima	Hiroshima	World War II	World War II	Boeing B-29 Superfortress	Boeing B-29 Superfortress	Enola Gay	Enola Gay	Colonel	Colonel (United States)	509th Composite Group	509th Composite Group	United States Army Air Forces	United States Army Air Forces
World War II -LRB- often abbreviated to WWII or WW2 -RRB- , also known as the Second World War , was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945 , although related conflicts began earlier .	global war	World war
The Louisiana Purchase -LRB- Vente de la Louisiane `` Sale of Louisiana '' -RRB- was the acquisition of the Louisiana territory -LRB- 828,000 square miles = 2.14 million km  -RRB- by the United States from France in 1803 .	United States	United States	Louisiana	Louisiana	France	French First Republic
