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What military role did Hiroshima have during World War II?
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atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
A gigantic mushroom cloud rising above Hiroshima, Japan, on August 6, 1945, after a U.S. aircraft dropped an atomic bomb on the city, immediately killing more than 70,000 people.
From 1868 onward, Hiroshima served as a significant military center in Japan. This status as a key military hub made the city a potential target for Allied bombing during World War II.12