minnieo to Today I Learned@kbin.social • 1 year agoTIL that the US considered dropping an atomic bomb on Kyoto. However, Secretary of War Henry Stimson had vacationed there and admired the city. So, he convinced President Truman to choose another targmedia.kbin.socialimagemessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up117arrow-down10
arrow-up117arrow-down1imageTIL that the US considered dropping an atomic bomb on Kyoto. However, Secretary of War Henry Stimson had vacationed there and admired the city. So, he convinced President Truman to choose another targmedia.kbin.socialminnieo to Today I Learned@kbin.social • 1 year agomessage-square14fedilink
minus-squareEggyheadlinkfedilink2•1 year agoToo bad he couldn’t have vacationed in Nagasaki and Hiroshima as well…
Too bad he couldn’t have vacationed in Nagasaki and Hiroshima as well…