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Happy Map: Nagasaki and World War II

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Nagasaki is the capital and the largest city of Nagasaki Prefecture on the island of Kyushu in Japan. It became a center of Portuguese and Dutch influence in the 16th through 19th centuries. During World War II, the American atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki made Nagasaki the second city in the world to experience a nuclear attack. Our guest speaker James Kwok, an experienced flight attendant, has traveled into Nagasaki recently as part of his Japan cruise trip, what had he experienced in Nagasaki? Lets find out in todays Happy Map with James and Winmas.


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Nagasaki is the capital and the largest city of Nagasaki Prefecture on the island of Kyushu in Japan. It became a center of Portuguese and Dutch influence in the 16th through 19th centuries. During World War II, the American atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki made Nagasaki the second city in the world to experience a nuclear attack. Our guest speaker James Kwok, an experienced flight attendant, has traveled into Nagasaki recently as part of his Japan cruise trip, what had he experienced in Nagasaki? Lets find out in todays Happy Map with James and Winmas.



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