"Stop H-Bomb Tests poster" [NMLH.1994.168.561]

Catalogue Number
NMLH.1994.168.561

Object Name
Poster

Title
Stop H Bomb Tests poster

Place
Germany

Events
Britain detonating the H-Bomb

Date
1957

Description
Large screen-printed poster, with a white background and blue text. The poster says "STOP H BOMB TESTS" in large blue writing.


In 1957 Britain detonated its first Hydrogen bomb, which ignited debates and campaigns regarding nuclear weapons, and layed the foundation to campaign for nuclear disarmament. This is a Cold War era poster - the cold war was an ongoing political, social and military rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union and their allies that developed after World War Two. This state of political hostility between countries, namely the Soviet Bloc countries and the Western powers, were characterised by threats, military threats, propaganda and other measures short of warfare. The official dates of the Cold War are from 1945-1990, but this has been disputed. Hydrogen bombs were the world's first Thermonuclear weapons - they caused huge explosions and were thought to be considerably more powerful than atomic bombs.

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