Part 2 of the mini-series on 1950s British military.
As Brian Carlile fights to retain the empire on Cyprus in 1957, RAF Leading Aircraftman Gerry Bowler is sent to Christmas Island in the Pacific to take part in a very different sort of operation. An operation fraught with danger.
Through Gerry's story, told by his granddaughter, historian Dr Fiona Bowler, we discover that Britain, in order to remain a Great Power post-WW2, is determined to get the Hydrogen Bomb, the most destructive weapon Mankind has ever built. The site they have chosen to test the H-bomb: Christmas Island.
Cover artwork: "Comfort of a Bed of Roses" by James Gillray, courtesy of Look and Learn History Picture Archive.
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