Bikini Atoll: America’s Atomic Island
Want some fun with your facts? Check out BUSINESS BLAZE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYY5GWf7MHFJ6DZeHreoXgw → Subscribe for new videos two times per week. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw?sub_confirmation=1 Our sister channels: Biographics - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClnDI2sdehVm1zm_LmUHsjQ TopTenz - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ-hpFPF4nOKoKPEAZM_THw/ Credits: Host - Simon Whistler Author - Morris M. Producer - Jennifer Da Silva Executive Producer - Shell Harris Business inquiries to admin@toptenz.net Source/Further reading: Brief history before atomic tests: https://www.bikiniatoll.com/history.html See also: https://www.everyculture.com/Oceania/Bikini.html Marshall Islands history and culture: http://mistories.org/intro.php Operation Crossroads: https://www.atomicheritage.org/history/operation-crossroads https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/crazy-story-1946-bikini-atoll-nuclear-tests-180963833/ The sad story of what happened to the Bikinians during their exodus: https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2002/aug/06/travelnews.nuclearindustry.environment A history of the tests, the islanders, and how Bikini came to mean swimwear: https://theconversation.com/bikini-islanders-still-deal-with-fallout-of-us-nuclear-tests-more-than-70-years-later-58567 UNESCO designation: https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1339/ History of the Marshall Islands: https://www.britannica.com/place/Marshall-Islands/History History of German colonies in Asia Pacific: https://www.nla.gov.au/selected-library-collections/german-colonies-in-the-pacific Radioactivity of the Marshall Islands: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/jpgjwg/after-70-years-of-fallout-will-bikini-atoll-ever-be-safe-again-marshall-islands-nuclear-tests Castle Bravo: https://www.atomicheritage.org/history/castle-bravo https://medium.com/war-is-boring/those-who-witnessed-castle-bravo-looked-into-armageddon-fa7610578413 Footage of the Baker test: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTk0IH_Y0iY Bikini Atoll climate change: https://grist.org/article/the-u-s-forced-bikini-islanders-to-deal-with-nuclear-tests-and-climate-change-now-its-walking-away/
