Because weather was bad in Kokura city.
They were both targets of a military nature, and had sustained relatively little damage before the bombing. Nagasaki was a secondary target- the city chosen as the second atomic target was weathered in that day, and the aircraft diverted to Nagasaki.
The second atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, Japan on August 9th, 1945. Nagasaki was actually the secondary target that the bomber moved on to after finding that the primary target, Kokura, had a very effective cloud cover.
It served as the second target for the atomic bomb since Japan didn't surrender with the first bomb.
nagasaki and hiroshimaNagasaki.While its target was Nagasaki an error due largely to significant cloud cover caused it to actually be dropped 1.9 miles away over the Urakami valley.
It was a target which got bombed with an atomic bomb on august 9 1945.
Because he was dead, and the first target was Nagasaki but because of poor weather conditions the planes went to the second target, Hiroshima.
There was a port where ships were built.
1945 .The second bomb was dropped August, 1945. In fact, Nagasaki was a secondary target. The initial target, a naval base, was shocked in by fog and low ceiling.
fat man. it was dropped on nagasaki (secondary target) because selected primary target city was clouded over. it was dropped morning of august 9, 1945.
After Hiroshima was bombed, the next target was Kokura. Because it was overcast with clouds, the bomber was directed to go to the secondary target, Nagasaki.AnswerSeveral target cities were available, but none was scheduled to be bombed next that this contributor is aware of. If a third Japanese city was to be bombed, then a third bomb would have had to been prepared, as only two were sent to Tinian. The choice of a target city would have been made later, but it never came to that. Of course, Japan had to presume that Tokyo might be next.
Nagasaki and Hiroshima were bombed by the atomic bombs.
It was known that there had been other diplomatic moves, made previously by Japanese emissaries through neutral nations, which intimated that Japan might surrender under certain terms that were unacceptable to America and its allies. But when nothing definitive was heard from the Japanese, plans proceeded to drop the second atomic bomb. The second mission was designated 'Special Mission No. 16.' A B-29 would carry 'Fat Man,' heavier than Little Boy and more complex. The primary target was Kokura. The secondary target was Nagasaki.