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The Japanese city of Hiroshima (広島市, Hiroshima-shi) is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture, and the largest city in the Chūgoku region of western Honshū, the largest of Japan's islands. It is most known throughout the world as the first city in history subjected to nuclear warfare when it was bombed by the United States of America during World War II.

Trivia about hiroshima

  • It's the Japanese city seen here in September 1945
  • This Japanese city's Atomic Bomb Dome has become a symbol of the peace movement
  • John Hersey wrote about 6 survivors of an August 6, 1945 explosion in this title city
  • This city's Atomic Bomb Dome, a structure left unrebuilt after WWII, has become a symbol of the peace movement
  • In 2002 this city's Mayor Akiba invited President Bush to come see what nuclear weapons do to a city
  • The only ruin intenionally left standing in this Japanese city is the A-Bomb Dome
  • The Japanese structure seen here has been preserved as a memorial to an August 6, 1945 event in this city
  • It's this Honshu seaport with a 1.1 million population, mon amour
  • The book "Enola Gay" by Gordon Thomas & Max Morgan-Witts is subtitled "Mission To" this Japanese city
  • On August 6, 1945 an atomic bomb was dropped on this Asian city on the Ota River in western Honshu
  • This 1946 John Hersey book about WWII begins, "At exactly fifteen minutes past eight in the morning...."
  • A Japanese military center from 1868 to 1945, this city is now home to Peace Memorial Park

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