Kokura

Japan

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Kokura was a former arsenal town that is now part of Kitakyushu, a major manufacturing center in Japan's Fukuoka Prefecture on the island of Kyushu. It is one of the five cities that amalgamated in 1963 to form Kitakyushu, which is a prominent industrial complex. Kokura itself specializes in iron and steel, as well as machinery. The city is strategically located on the Tsushima and Kanmon straits, connecting to Honshu via tunnels and the Kanmon Bridge.12

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Kokura, a former arsenal town, specializes in iron and steel and machinery. Moji contains the city’s major port facilities; it is a coal-shipping and fishing port and has oil-storage facilities.
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Kokura, a former arsenal town, specializes in iron and steel and machinery. Moji contains the city’s major port facilities; it is a coal-shipping and fishing port and has oil-storage facilities.
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nuclear weapon
The weapons are used
…was to be dropped on Kokura on August 11; a third was being prepared in the United States for possible use 7 to 10 days later. To avoid bad weather, the schedule for Fat Man was moved up two days to August 9. A B-29 named Bockscar spent 45 minutes…
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…was to be dropped on Kokura on August 11; a third was being prepared in the United States for possible use 7 to 10 days later. To avoid bad weather, the schedule for Fat Man was moved up two days to August 9. A B-29 named Bockscar spent 45 minutes…
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