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"weary" wrote:

"Chad Irby" wrote in message
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In article ,
"weary" wrote:

In Hiroshima the aiming point was in a largely residential area and
the targetting selection required that the military target be in a
large urban area.

You know, you keep saying this, and while true in one respect (there
were a lot of homes in the area), it was a great aim point for hitting
the major military targets in Hiroshima, along with the local City Hall
and Prefectural offices.

What was the military value in such targets?

Besides a lot of soldiers, a lot of equipment, and being the main
military command center for that part of the island?

And the civilian centers were, as you should know, pre-empted by the
military, too.

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