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Hiroshima英语简介 Hiroshima is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture and the largest city in the Chūgoku region, Japan Hiroshima may also refer to: Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan Sanfrecce Hiroshima, Hiroshimas professional football (soccer) club Hiroshima Toyo Carp, Hiroshimas professional baseball club, though it is more often referred to as Toyo Hiroshima (film), a 1995 Japanese–Canadian film about the decision process behind the dropping of the nuclear bomb on Hiroshima Hiroshima (band), an American jazz band formed in 1974 Kitahiroshima, Hokkaidō, a city located in Ishikari, Hokkaidō, Japan, formerly named Hiroshima the Hiroshima meteorite of 2003, which fell in Chūgoku, Japan (see meteorite falls) Hiroshima (book), a 1946 book written by John Hersey Hiroshima (documentary), a 2005 television documentary Hiroshima (song), a 1990 single by Sandra Cretu Hiroshima (B-B-B-Benny Hit His Head), a 2008 single by Ben Folds Hiroshima Mon Amour, a 1959 film Hotel class submarine, Soviet submarine K-19 unofficially gained on fleet its nickname Hiroshima During World War II, the Second Army and Chugoku Regional Army were headquartered in Hiroshima, and the Army Marine Headquarters was located at Ujina port. The city also had large depots of military supplies, and was a key center for shipping.[13] The bombing of Tokyo and other cities in Japan during World War II caused widespread destruction and hundreds of thousands of deaths, nearly all civilians.[14] For example, Toyama, an urban area of 128,000, was nearly fully destroyed, and incendiary attacks on Tokyo are credited with claiming 90,000 lives. There were no such air raids in Hiroshima. However, the threat was certainly there and to protect against potential firebombings in Hiroshima, students (between 11–14 years) were mobilized to demolish houses and create firebreaks. On Monday, August 6, 1945, at 8:15 AM, the nuclear bomb Little Boy was dropped on Hiroshima by an American B-29 bomber, the Enola Gay,[16] directly killing an