![Atomic Bomb Test: Operation Crossroads, conducted by the US at Bikini Atoll, 1946. The purpose of the two-part tests was to investigate the effect of nuclear weapons on warships. The footage shown Atomic Bomb Test: Operation Crossroads, conducted by the US at Bikini Atoll, 1946. The purpose of the two-part tests was to investigate the effect of nuclear weapons on warships. The footage shown](https://external-preview.redd.it/atomic-bomb-test-operation-crossroads-conducted-by-the-us-v0-ApO5H_8imtPet4CCqPP9PavYRORUt9xiJ786Rv4kqL4.jpg?format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b7741de29c77a41c10a0841e32dc9a6b6491f4fa)
Atomic Bomb Test: Operation Crossroads, conducted by the US at Bikini Atoll, 1946. The purpose of the two-part tests was to investigate the effect of nuclear weapons on warships. The footage shown
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70th Anniversary of Operation Crossroads Atomic Tests in Bikini Atoll, July 1946 | National Security Archive
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![Bikini Atoll Vintage 1946 b&w image post war image of OPERATION CROSSROADS The underwater 'Baker' nuclear weapon test on 25 July 1946 in North East lagoon of Bikini Atoll. Photographed from a Bikini Atoll Vintage 1946 b&w image post war image of OPERATION CROSSROADS The underwater 'Baker' nuclear weapon test on 25 July 1946 in North East lagoon of Bikini Atoll. Photographed from a](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/WKHTA5/bikini-atoll-vintage-1946-bw-image-post-war-image-of-operation-crossroads-the-underwater-baker-nuclear-weapon-test-on-25-july-1946-in-north-east-lagoon-of-bikini-atoll-photographed-from-a-tower-on-bikini-island-56-km-away-photo-us-army-WKHTA5.jpg)
Bikini Atoll Vintage 1946 b&w image post war image of OPERATION CROSSROADS The underwater 'Baker' nuclear weapon test on 25 July 1946 in North East lagoon of Bikini Atoll. Photographed from a
![Massive column of water rises from the ocean as an Atomic Bomb detonates at Bikini Atoll in the pacific during the first underwater nuclear test july 25th 1946 : r/interestingasfuck Massive column of water rises from the ocean as an Atomic Bomb detonates at Bikini Atoll in the pacific during the first underwater nuclear test july 25th 1946 : r/interestingasfuck](https://external-preview.redd.it/XvzD39IugMKoddPHMXtpKA1Urq-06qGtYIhu2q-BytM.jpg?auto=webp&s=1acf32402a965d366af8d82003eebcf80a79613b)
Massive column of water rises from the ocean as an Atomic Bomb detonates at Bikini Atoll in the pacific during the first underwater nuclear test july 25th 1946 : r/interestingasfuck
U.S. Army Photographic Signal Corps | [Operation Crossroads: 21 Kiloton "Baker" Bomb Detonated Ninety Feet Underwater, Bikini Atoll Lagoon, South Pacific, July 25, 1946] | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Atomic Bomb Test during Operation Crossroads. Between 1946 and 1958 the United States experimented with nuclear weapons on Bikini Island in the Pacific. On 25 July 1946 an atomic bomb was exploded
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