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Kokura was the main target for the Fat Man nuclear bomb, but on the morning of August 9, 1945, the city was obscured by morning fog. Because the order was to drop the bomb visually, the pilots diverted about 100 km south to Nagasaki, killing 35,000 people within seconds of its detonation.

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Fun Fact: Kokura was the main target for the “Fat Man” nuclear bomb, but on the morning of August 9, 1945, the city was obscured by morning fog. Because the order was to drop the bomb visually, the pilots diverted about 100 km south to Nagasaki, killing 35,000 people within seconds of its detonation.

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