Hiroshima

From Turtledove

Hiroshima is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture, and the largest city in the Chūgoku region of western Honshu, the largest of Japan's islands. It is 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.

[edit] Hiroshima in Days of Infamy

Many of the Japanese soldiers and sailors who participated in the conquest of Hawaii hailed from Hiroshima, including Minoru Genda. Jiro Takahashi had migrated from Hiroshima to Hawaii at the turn of the century. As he became an important propaganda figure during the occupation, he had to flee back to Hiroshima by submarine when the United States retook Hawaii in 1943.

[edit] Hiroshima in The Man With the Iron Heart

The United States' decision to destroy Hiroshima and Nagasaki with an atomic bomb crushed Reinhard Heydrich's hope that Japan's ongoing war against the US would drain America's resources enough to weaken its occupation of Germany.