The Japanese city of Yawata (which was incorporated into the larger city of Kitakyushu in 1963) was subjected to three major air raids during World War II.
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The city was fire-bombed in World War II in early August 1945, and the resulting smoke obscured the nearby town of Kokura, causing the planes en route to drop the atomic weapon "Fat Man" to head to their secondary target, Nagasaki.