As the war ended, the United States decided that Bikini Atoll would be suitable for nuclear detonation tests, and shortly before Christmas 1945 it was selected to be the site of the world's fourth and fifth atomic bomb detonations.
Bikini Atoll would be suitable for nuclear detonation tests. The United States decided this. The war ended. It was selected to be the site of the world's fourth and fifth atomic bomb detonations. This was shortly before Christmas 1945.