Kokura: Saved by the Weather
Today's the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki.
But did you know that Japanese city was not the primary target of U.S. Major Charles W. Sweeney's B-29 that morning?
Clouds, as well as fires still burning from a firebombing raid by B-29s on nearby Yahata, obscured their primary target, the city of Kokura.
With limited fuel, Sweeney proceeded to the secondary target: Nagasaki.
But did you know that Japanese city was not the primary target of U.S. Major Charles W. Sweeney's B-29 that morning?
Clouds, as well as fires still burning from a firebombing raid by B-29s on nearby Yahata, obscured their primary target, the city of Kokura.
With limited fuel, Sweeney proceeded to the secondary target: Nagasaki.
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