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Castle Bravo Test

United States · Warfare / Nuclear. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1954

Dwight David Eisenhower1 March 1954

Bikini Atoll · Warfare / Nuclear

The United States conducts Castle Bravo, its most powerful nuclear test and a major source of radioactive fallout.

Names involved

Dwight David Eisenhower

Provenance

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