The City that Escaped the Bomb

On August 9, 1945, a B-29 bomber carried the world’s second atomic bomb toward Japan.

Its original target was Kokura.

But when the crew arrived, clouds and smoke hid the city below. With fuel running low, they turned toward their secondary target: Nagasaki.

What happened next changed history forever.

Kokura became known as the city that escaped the bomb — but was it really luck?

Watch until the end.

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