Bikini Atoll: America’s Atomic Island
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 Published On Mar 31, 2020

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Source/Further reading:

Brief history before atomic tests: https://www.bikiniatoll.com/history.html
See also: https://www.everyculture.com/Oceania/...
Marshall Islands history and culture: http://mistories.org/intro.php
Operation Crossroads: https://www.atomicheritage.org/histor...
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-...
The sad story of what happened to the Bikinians during their exodus: https://www.theguardian.com/travel/20...
A history of the tests, the islanders, and how Bikini came to mean swimwear: https://theconversation.com/bikini-is...
UNESCO designation: https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1339/
History of the Marshall Islands: https://www.britannica.com/place/Mars...
History of German colonies in Asia Pacific: https://www.nla.gov.au/selected-libra...
Radioactivity of the Marshall Islands: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/jp...
Castle Bravo: https://www.atomicheritage.org/histor...
  / those-who-witnessed-castle-bravo-looked-in...  
Footage of the Baker test:    • Original Colour Film of Baker Atom Bo...  
Bikini Atoll climate change: https://grist.org/article/the-u-s-for...

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