7/21/45: Potsdam conference begins. @HarrySTrumanNPS approves order for the use of the atomic bombs. http://ow.ly/PT13W @WWIIFoundation
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@wellerstein Finally Kokura clouded over. Went to Nagasaki--by then cloudy. Flying on fumes, they used radar to bomb. Lied in action report.
@SanhoTree I have written on Kokura, which is itself a pretty interesting case: http://blog.nuclearsecrecy.com/2014/08/22/luck-kokura/ …
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@wellerstein Thorough piece! The Alvarez letter fills in the gaps. It's in RG 200 (Groves correspondence files).Only source I've seen on it. -
@SanhoTree@wellerstein - Alvarez tells much the same story in his book Adventures of a Physicist pp. 144-146. -
@GeneDannen@SanhoTree I've seen his version there, about taking the hole in the clouds "with a grain of salt."
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@wellerstein He claimed the "last minute opening" in the clouds was a lie. Headwinds delayed one B-29, thus allowing clouds to move in.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@wellerstein He claimed weather would've been fine if on schedule. Basically, Nagasaki got nuked b/c one pilot flew too high against orders!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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