"Kokura—not Nagasaki—would have gone down in history as Hiroshima’s sister city in atomic devastation"

"Poor visibility over Kokura and a cascade of mishaps... put Nagasaki in the crosshairs instead"
https://www.history.com/articles/nagasaki-atomic-bomb-drop-secondary-target
#Nagasaki #Kokura

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Was taught in school history lessons that "what if" alternatives were mere distractions from what had historically occurred.
Had heard there had been dummy A-bomb runs, but didn't know proposed targets had been #Hiroshima, #Kokura, #Niigata, and #Nagasaki with Nagasaki selected in place of #Kyoto. What if...
https://mastodon.social/@thejapantimes/114982815128234515
Japan Times opinion piece also says the atomic bombings did not halt Stalin's advances, so nuclear deterrence might not be effective against psychopaths
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