Mushroom Cloud Near Ships - Operation Crossroads - Bikini Atoll 1946
by War Is Hell Store
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Mushroom Cloud Near Ships - Operation Crossroads - Bikini Atoll 1946
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War Is Hell Store
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Photograph - Print
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This mid 20th century photo features a mushroom cloud with ships below during the Operation Crossroads nuclear weapons test that was conducted on Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands. A series of nuclear weapons tests conducted by the US, the purpose of Operation Crossroads, which included two shots - ABLE and BAKER - was to investigate the impact of nuclear weapons on naval warships. Photo taken in July, 1946.
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February 4th, 2022
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