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The Fortune of Kokura, the Japanese City that Was Twice Saved From Being a Target of the Atomic Bomb
Kokura was one of the cities that merged with four other cities in 1963 to form Kitakyushu, which today has just under a million inhabitants and is located in southwestern Japan.But the name Kokura still has a place in Japanese public consciousness.His disappearance could have been much less bureaucratic and much more traumatic.Kokura, one of the targets chosen by the United States for atomic bombings in Japan in 1945, miraculously escaped destr…
A turn of fate determined that Nagasaki was attacked by the United States on August 9, 1945, instead of Kokura. What happened?
Kokura, one of the targets chosen by the United States for atomic bombings in Japan in 1945, miraculously escaped destruction in the last days of World War II twice. In fact, Kokura was only minutes away from being hit on August 9, as did Hiroshima three days earlier. (Continue reading...) The entry The city that was twice saved from being a target of the atomic bomb was first published in Remolacha - Dominican Republic News.
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