On the morning of Aug. 9, 1945, a B-29 bomber loaded with an atomic bomb reached the skies over Kokura, now part of Kita-Kyushu. But there were too many clouds obscuring the city, making it ...

Soon, however, things were set to change as Kokura was the primary target for the bombing planned for August 9, not Nagasaki, where the Fat Man bomb eventually fell. Due to cloud cover over the ...

Having authorised the use of the bomb any time after August 3 ... know which of three cities will be their target: Hiroshima, Kokura or Nagasaki. Tibbets and bombardier Tom Ferebee have discussed ...

As a result of the bomb's detonation, the area around the figure ... Initially, the second attack was intended for Kokura, but poor weather conditions forced the pilots to change plans and select ...