British hydrogen bomb programme Atomic Energy Act of 1946 (also known as the McMahon Act) ended technical cooperation. Fearing a resurgence of American isolationism, and the loss of Britain's great power status, the British government resumed its own development effort, which was codenamed "High Explosive Research". The successful nuclear test of a British atomic bomb in Operation Hurricane in October 1952 represented an extraordinary scientific and technological achievement. Britain became the world's third nuclear power, reaffirming the country's status as a great power, but hopes that the United States would be sufficiently impressed to restore the nuclear Special Relationship were soon dashed. In November
Operation Crusader (video game) will [also] be publishing a "second" game from Atomic" centered on the North African Campaign. He speculated that this was "what would be the next "V for Victory" game in an Avalon Hill wrapper". By January 1994, Atomic Games had revealed the "World at War" series as the successor to its "V for Victory" line under Avalon, and its first entry was entitled "Operation Crusader". Alongside "Kingmaker", "Operation Crusader" was one of the first two titles released as part of Avalon Hill's new initiative. The computer game division had previously been known for low-quality titles, a problem that Avalon Hill's