• Operation Grapple

  • Aug 1 2024
  • Length: 16 mins
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Operation Grapple

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  • November, 1957
    On Christmas Island and Malden Island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, a British Valiant jet bomber flies overhead. It is about to drop a single bomb just off the coast. This is Operation Grapple, Britain's efforts to acquire the hydrogen bomb.

    Cover artwork: "Comfort of a Bed of Roses" by James Gillray, courtesy of Look and Learn History Picture Archive.

    Music by Lexin Music from Pixabay.
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