Monday, July 16, 1945. Trinity.

The first detonation of an atomic weapon.

The name is nearly blasphemous. The device itself was called the "Gadget".

Nuclear power, sadly, arrived in the form of a weapon.  It had not, however, yet been used that way.

British soldiers were taking advantage of the relaxation of the fraternization rules by chatting with German women.  We often hear of the calorie deprivation of the Second World War, but, while not seeking to be vulgar, the young woman on the far right clearly hadn't been too calorie deprived in the late stages of the war.

While photos can be deceiving, none of these women appear to be upset that the war was over and the British were there.

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Saturday, July 14, 1945. Verboten und Nicht Verboten

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Sunday, July 15, 1945. Lifting the blackout.

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