Castle Bravo Disaster - A "Second Hiroshima"

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Published 2021-01-22
At the time, it was the most powerful artificial explosion in human history…but it wasn’t supposed to be. On March 1st, 1954, the United States detonated the country’s first thermonuclear or fusion bomb at Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands, a small coral reef and 23 islands almost equidistant from Australia, Japan, and Hawaii. In the days and weeks following the blast, the United States would pay out millions of dollars in settlements, thousands of islanders would be evacuated and re-evacuated, and the Japanese public would deem the test “a second Hiroshima,” a comparison no citizen would dare make lightly.

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All Comments (21)
  • @kylehill
    Thanks for watching the latest “Half-Life History.” As usual, let me know what you think of the new format — more of these to come!
  • @MogamiKyoko13
    This left me crying a little bit. In college, my Japanese film history professor said to us, "it's something to think about that exposure to radiation creates superheroes in America and monsters in Japan."
  • @fulcrum8583
    "As soon as the war ended, we located the one spot on earth that hadn't been touched by the war and blew it to hell." - Bob Hope
  • @skun406
    That "Danger, No Smoking" sign next to a nuclear device must be some kind of an internal joke.
  • @Strype13
    Imagine trying to build the most inconceivably powerful bomb imaginable... only to react to its detonation with, "Holy shit, that was way too damn powerful."
  • @pipolwes000
    Two words that should never ever be said together: "acceptable fallout"
  • @kerricaine
    when you're dealing with a topic like this, "until next time" is a horrifying phrase to end on.
  • @exxor9108
    This feels like a case of something going horribly "right." They got the results they wanted, then got too much of the results they wanted. Far too much.
  • I grew up on the east COAST of Australia and as a kid I cried and had nightmares about this explosion, about the Marshallese and the 'jelly' babies they gave birth to, without bones, and the horror that they would never go home. It was my greatest nightmare for many years.
  • Imagine seeing a second sun rise on the horizon and hearing literal doom and being like, “yeah let’s keep fishing.”
  • @JacketCK
    I like how they tried to keep Castle Bravo a secret, as if you could hide a 15 Megaton Blast from anyone 💀
  • Fascinating! My dad was stationed on Eniwetok during the Castle Bravo test (and others). While years later he was concerned about what radiation exposure he might have received, this year (2023) he turns 91 and looks and acts like he is 10 years younger.
  • @natemogs1909
    Imagine being those fisherman minding your own business then all of a sudden BAM you’re a blind, feel like you’re on fire, and hear the loudest sound of your life all in a few seconds
  • Today, it was reported that Mr. Oishi, a former crew member of the Lucky Dragon No. 5, died on March 7. Many Japanese are grateful for the videos you made. thank you, Mr. Hill. from tokyo.
  • @dixonmixin10
    Crazy how Castle Bravo instantly turned a paradise into a living hell.
  • @supernova1552
    Revisiting this playlist after watching Oppenheimer. Kyle's videos fills you with such unimaginable eerie feeling that i almost feel numb for good 15 minutes after. Absolute Masterpiece.
  • My grandfather was present at the Bikini Atoll during this testing. He was on a destroyer. He had documents and everything. He described seeing the bones of his hands through closed eyes when the blast detonated.
  • @casualwoomy
    “The test was supposed to be a secret” Ah yes, the VERY SECRET 15 MEGATON NUCLEAR BOMB EXPLOSION
  • @Morilore
    6:26 "Acceptible fallout" Whoever made that call should have gone to prison.