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Hiroshima – Testimonials

The Memorial Cenotaph

     The Japanese city of Hiroshima became the first city in history subjected to nuclear warfare when the United States of America dropped a nuclear bomb on it on August 6, 1945 during World War II. 

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Blériot’s Channel Flight

 
On July 25, 1909, the Frenchman Louis Blériot became the first person to fly an aeroplane across the English Channel, from France to Kent.

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D-Day Museum

     Portsmouth’s D-Day Museum is Britain’s only museum dedicated solely to covering all aspects of the D-Day landings in Normandy, France, on 6 June 1944. D-Day was a turning point in the Second World War, and a moment when the course of world events depended on the Allied troops taking part.
 
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Making Friends

Oops, did I say that?

 
“Islam has a proud tradition of tolerance. We see it in the history of Andalusia and Cordoba during the Inquisition”

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