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To: abb

Unlucky Nagasaki got nuked because the primary target, Kokura (now part of the city of Kitakyushu) was obscured by cloud cover that morning.


77 posted on 08/09/2007 2:24:37 PM PDT by GATOR NAVY (Hey! Must be a devil between us)
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To: GATOR NAVY

Yes. I had read about that somewhere once before. What I did learn new today after doing a bit of research, is that another bomb was almost ready to ship out to Tinian and several more were in the pipeline. Years ago, I had read that Little Boy and Fat Man were the only bombs in existence. From the memo at the last link I posted, it seems there was debate as to whether the bombs should be used strategically or tactically in tandem with Operation Downfall.


78 posted on 08/09/2007 2:32:09 PM PDT by abb (The Dinosaur Media: A One-Way Medium in a Two-Way World)
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