HIUS 103 Chapter Notes - Chapter Article Notes: Anti-Satellite Weapon, Ujelang Atoll, Demographics Of The Marshall Islands
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Hius 103 article notes pax atomica: us nuclear imperialism in micronesia (107) japanese planes that attacked pearl harbor came from micronesia: enola gay came from micronesia. Environmental and historical background: micronesia coined 19th century domeny de riezi, 2k islands, about the size of the continental us, 150k inhabitants living on 100 of the islands (108) total land area about the size of oahu. Spain "discovered" late 16th century: germany took marshall islands from spain 1885 and bought the rest of the islands later, philippines and guam by us 1898, guam physically part of micronesia, but territory of the us. The "bravo" behemoth: 3/1/1954 largest hydrogen bomb in bikini (operation bravo) Later many said that the winds didn"t shift: report showing that they were warned that winds were going toward inhabited islands (116) marshallese people best source of data about effects of fallout.
