History Rage

32. Britain Had a HUGE Nuclear Program with Paris Agar


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We have a bonus episode for you to kick off Season Four. We are joined by head of Cold War and Late 20th Century Conflict from Imperial War Museums Duxford, Paris Agar. Paris is here, at the 70th anniversary week of the start of British nuclear testing to rage that the world has detonated far more unclear weapons than Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Paris talks about how Britain was involved in nuclear weapons right from the start of the Manhattan Project. She talks about the US splitting and severing ties with Britain leading Britain to develop her own and what the impact of our own nuclear tests have been.

You can find out more about this fascinating era by searching the online oral histories though IWM Collections online and you can get information on all the Imperial War Museums at their here.

Further to this, anyone who wishes to engage with, or support, the work of the British Nuclear Test Veterans Association can do so at their website here.

You can follow History Rage on Twitter @HistoryRage and let us know what you wish people would just stop believing using the Hashtag #HistoryRage.

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You can follow History Rage on Twitter @HistoryRage and let us know what you wish people would just stop believing using the Hashtag #HistoryRage.

You can join our 'Angry Mob' on Patreon as well. £5 per month gets you episodes 3 months early, the invite to choose questions, entry into our prize draws and the coveted History Rage mug. Subscribe at www.patreon.com/historyrage

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