H-Bombs and Hula Girls: Operation Grapple 1957 and the Last Royal Navy Gunroom at Sea

by Michael Johnston RNVR and Michael Johnston

Book Overview

H-Bombs and Hula Girls tells the extraordinary tale of ten bright and cheerful young British midshipmen who were part of Operation Grapple, the top secret thermonuclear weapon tests at Christmas Island in 1957, the first successful test of a British nuclear weapon. Evoking the Cold War atmosphere of Britain in the 1950s as it raced to secure its place among the world's thermonuclear powers, H-Bombs and Hula Girls follows these men on...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1910500682
• ISBN13: 9781910500682
• Release Date: August 2017
• Publisher: Uniform Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 2.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.0" x 9.7"