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Kyoto Removed from Atomic Target List

United States of America · Warfare / Nuclear. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1945Date range
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Chronological records

1945

Henry Lewis Stimson30 May 1945

Washington · Warfare / Nuclear

Stimson rules out Kyoto as an atomic-bomb target because of its cultural and historical importance.

Names involved

Henry Lewis Stimson

Provenance

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