"The world will note that the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, a military base"
That was because we wished in this first attack to avoid, insofar as
... [DOC] [TLE] Truman radio speech to the nation - George Orwell [PAR] Harry S. Truman, 1945: The world will note that the first atomic bomb was 
dropped on Hiroshima, a military base.