Operation Hurricane: The Story Of Britain&Apos S First Atomic Test In Australia And Legacy That Remains Paul Grace Hachette Αγγλικά Βιβλία History

Shortlisted For The Wa Premier\ S Book Awards - Of Year 2024Shortlisted Margaret Medcalf Award 2024\ I Remember Seeing A Flash Turned Around And Heard Roar Like Train Approaching In Tunnel Then Tremendous Crack Whiplash Passed Directly Overhead Saw Mushroom Cloud There Was Black White Smoke Orange Red Flames Ascending Through Centre \ Ran Able Seaman Vince Douglas Participant Operation Hurricaneat 8 00 M On Friday 3 October 1952 Britain\ First Atomic Bomb Detonated Hold Surplus Frigate Hms Plym Moored Montebello Islands 50 Miles Off North West Coast Western Australia Blast Vaporised Produced 2 High Covered Parts Australian Mainland With Fallout Test Codenamed Hurricane Culmination Years Top-Secret Planning London Canberra Months Clandestine Preparations At Site One Largest Peacetime Military Operations History Its Success Shifted Balance Power Cold War Briefly Rejuvenated Fading British Empire Painstakingly Pieced Together From Declassified Government Documents First-Person Accounts By Surviving Participants Tells Story Nuclear Point View Men Ground: Soldiers Sailors Airmen Civilians It Delves Into Historical Context Examines Controversial Legacy Tests Including Impact Servicemen Aboriginal Peoples Environment Australia\ Relationship United Kingdom Σελίδες: 368 Έτος Έκδοσης: 0726 Διαστάσεις: 15 4X15 4Cm