The city of Hiroshima is located on the broad, flat delta of the Ota River, which has 7 channel outlets dividing the city into six islands which project into Hiroshima Bay. The city is almost entirely flat and only slightly above sea level; to the northwest and northeast of the city some hills rise to 700 feet. A single hill in the eastern part of the city proper about 1/2 mile long and 221 feet in height interrupted to some extent the spreading of the blast damage; otherwise the city was fully exposed to the bomb. Of a city area of over 26 square miles, only 7 square miles were completely built-up. There was no marked separation of commercial, industrial, and residential zones. 75% of the population was concentrated in the densely built-up area in the center of the city.
Hiroshima was a city of considerable military importance. It contained the 2nd Army Headquarters, which commanded the defense of all of southern Japan. The city was a communications center, a storage point, and an assembly area for troops. To quote a Japanese report, "Probably more than a thousand times since the beginning of the war did the Hiroshima citizens see off with cries of 'Banzai' the troops leaving from the harbor."
- The Manhattan Engineer District, June 29, 1946-
The atomic bomb was dropped over Hiroshima on august 6 1945. This was in world war 2.
The US dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima to end the war.
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Bombing Hiroshima and Nagasaki were the last action take in World War 2.
Hiroshima was one of the two Japanese cities destroyed by the Atomic Bomb in 1945 before the end of the war.
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Hiroshima is a city in Japan. This country fought in the axis side.
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the bombing of hiroshima and nagasaki
It was a port city.