Bikini Atoll: Paradise Lost to the Atomic Age

Explore Bikini Atoll, where the U.S. conducted 23 nuclear tests and displaced its people forever. Learn about the Operation Crossroads and Castle Bravo, and the environmental legacy that still haunts the Pacific.

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Bikini Atoll: Paradise Lost to the Atomic Age

Marshall islands

Irradiated atolls and a population displaced by Cold War nuclear testing. The Marshall Islands paid the price for someone else's arms race.

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Bikini Atoll: Paradise Lost to the Atomic Age

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