When bockscar flies over kokura (primary target) it is shot down by scrambled fighters. What happens?
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When bockscar flies over kokura (primary target) it is shot down by scrambled fighters. What happens?
www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bockscar
How?
The Nuclear delivering B-29 where special versions that were more lightweight, flew higher and faster than the original ones, the original ones that almost no Japanese fighter could reach ...
And Japanese fuel was tight enough so that they were no longer scrambling planes for single planes.
What about if we just have a mechanical failure of some sort?
Not to mention the fact that there was a weather aircraft that was an hour ahead of the bomb aircraft. If you scramble for the singleton you will go after the weather bird and alert the main package. There were P-51s on Okinawa that could be surged to Kyushu.
Every time I see a thread like this, I want to start mashing my head on the keyboard and screaming about the lack of backup plans. Does that make me a bad person?
Did you mean backup plans like having a secondary target and having the 3rd bomb in route as soon as was possible or did you have something else in mind?
I'm lost for words, just totally lost for words.If you want to stress-test your faith in humanity, take a look at it here.
I'm lost for words, just totally lost for words.
If you want to stress-test your faith in humanity, take a look at it here.
The Soviet Union invasion of Manchuria on August 9th, and the threat of imminent Soviet invasion of the Japanese home islands was of greater significance than the atomic bombing in the considerations of the Japanese war cabinet’s decision to surrender, so in all likelihood the only difference is that only one Japanese city is destroyed by an atomic bomb and the Emperor radios his surrender on 15th August as per OTL.When bockscar flies over kokura (primary target) it is shot down by scrambled fighters. What happens?
The Soviet Union invasion of Manchuria on August 9th, and the threat of imminent Soviet invasion of the Japanese home islands was of greater significance than the atomic bombing in the considerations of the Japanese war cabinet’s decision to surrender, so in all likelihood the only difference is that only one Japanese city is destroyed by an atomic bomb and the Emperor radios his surrender on 15th August as per OTL.
Maybe the most important fallout is the Soviets might end up grabbing a bigger part, if not all of, Korea. (Given the Red Army has sufficient time to remobilized and secured the entire peninsula, assuming the Inchon landings are either delayed or don't happen.)
Not that amazing really, he knew what the Americans were capable of, knew he couldn't match it, and didn't want to (possibly) experience it.(I know, it's amazing Stalin actually for once did what his Western allies wanted him to do without direct military presence forcing him).