Grappling with the Bomb: Britain’s Pacific H-Bomb Tests

Grappling with the Bomb is a history of Britain's 1950s program to test the hydrogen bomb, code name Operation Grapple. In 1957–58, nine atmospheric nuclear tests were held at Malden Island and Christmas Island—today, part of the Pacific nation of Kiribati. Nearly 14, 000 troops travelled to the central Pacific for the UK nuclear tes