Marshall Islands
Marshall Islands is a Pacific state in Micronesia associated with the United States.
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An associated state (a free association, a freely annexed state) is a form of confederation of bilaterally united unequal states, in which a smaller state, formally preserving sovereignty and independence, trusts a significant part of its power to a larger state.
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History
1946: Nuclear tests at Bikini Atoll
In July 1946, the United States used Bikini Atoll for two tests, as part of Operation Crossroads, of atomic bombs similar to the Fat Man bomb. On July 1, a bomb was dropped in the lagoon of the atoll on 73 obsolete warships. On July 25, an underwater explosion of a nuclear power plant was carried out there.
On December 22, after two nuclear explosions, the last of the German heavy cruisers Prince Eugen capsized and sank.
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