Smoke Screen Saved Primary Target From Nagasaki Bomb

Started by mirth, July 28, 2014, 07:20:24 PM

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mirth

A former Japanese steel mill worker says he burned coal tar to create a smoke screen that helped prevent the city of Kokura from being bombed. Kokura was the primary target for the Fat Man bombing mission on Aug 9, 1945.

http://mainichi.jp/english/english/features/news/20140726p2a00m0na014000c.html
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Interesting, thanks.  The citizens of Kokura must love him, the citizens of Nagasaki...not so much.
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