Claim: Little Boy was dropped during the Louisiana Purchase.
Evidence: `` 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.
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.
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 ² -RRB- by the United States from France in 1803.