Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

To: elcid1970

I believe that it is still Nagasaki. The second bomb was supposed to have been dropped on a city other than Nagasaki (I can’t think of the name), but because of the cloud cover that day the alternate target was selected — Nagasaki.


32 posted on 08/09/2010 3:39:09 PM PDT by 353FMG (ISLAM - America's inevitable road to destruction.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 29 | View Replies ]


To: 353FMG

The arsenal at Kokura was the other potential target, but I believe it was saved by cloud cover.
On May 10–11, 1945, the Target Committee at Los Alamos, led by J. Robert Oppenheimer, recommended Kyoto, Hiroshima, Yokohama, and the arsenal at Kokura as possible targets.


33 posted on 08/09/2010 3:51:42 PM PDT by Colorado Cowgirl (God bless America!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 32 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson