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  • Summer of Trinity - Week Ending September 2, 1945

    Summer of Trinity - Week Ending September 2, 1945
    Sep 29 2025

    Sunday, August 26,1945 - 41 Days After Trinity

    Huaiyin–Huai'an Campaign

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warlord_Era

    Monday, August 27,1945 - 42 Days After Trinity

    https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history-magazine/2006/february/destroyers-tokyo-bay

    Tuesday, August 28,1945 - 43 Days After Trinity

    U.S. occupation of Japan begins.

    https://www.kirtland.af.mil/News/Photos/igphoto/2000119766/

    Wednesday, August 29,1945 - 44 Days After Trinity

    https://www.trumanlibrary.gov/photograph-records/64-57-01

    https://www.trumanlibrary.gov/photograph-records/64-57-02

    https://thenewswheel.com/the-west-wing-wheels-harry-s-truman/

    Thursday, August 30,1945 - 45 Days After Trinity

    https://spectator.org/macarthur-lands-at-atsugi-airfield-august-30-1945/

    https://www.johnjgobbell.com/2020/11/03/surrender-at-tokyo-bay-by-john-gobbell/

    Friday, August 31,1945 - 46 Days After Trinity

    Supreme Allied Command

    https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/uss-west-virginia-japan-surrender

    September 1945

    Saturday, September 1,1945 - 47 Days After Trinity

    United Nations charter

    Sunday, September 2,1945 - 48 Days After Trinity

    ““We are gathered here, representatives of the major warring powers, to conclude a solemn agreement whereby peace may be restored…It is my earnest hope, indeed the hope of all mankind, that from this solemn occasion a better world shall emerge out of the blood and carnage from the past, a world founded upon faith and understanding, a world dedicated to the dignity of man and the fulfillment of his most cherished wish for freedom, tolerance and justice.”

    General Douglas MacArthur
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    16 min
  • Summer of Trinity - Week Ending August 25, 1945

    Summer of Trinity - Week Ending August 25, 1945
    Aug 30 2025
    This is Summer of Trinity - a daily description of events in the summer of 1945, This episode has daily events for the week ending Saturday August 25, 1945. I've endeavored to have new episodes out every Monday, the same day (80 years later) as the last day of the weeks described in each. This week is the latest one yet, going out Saturday instead. My initial thought was that "it wasn't a very interesting week" but quickly realized how interesting it really was. The Daghlian criticality incident, happening so soon after all three of the first atomic detonations, so often is treated as simply an industrial accident, but it's right in the middle of this very busy month. Ho Chi Minh is consolidating his authority over Vietnam, in direct response to the power vacuum caused by Japan's surrender, and at breakneck speed. The Chinese Civil War has resumed, the Soviet Union continues to pursue a war that is barely two weeks old, colonial powers are returning to their former areas of power - yet before this, I'd hardly realized how much was happening in there. I daresay one could put together an intensive college-level semester course on "The End of World War II, August 15-September 2," and spend a week on each day, looking at all of the machinery of war, diplomacy, science, and politics being upended in that time, and how it affected the next century. That may be the reason that it's rarely covered: So much is happening that a manageable storyline can't be concocted that ties it all together. And because of that, every single day of it needs intensive research to discuss intelligently. Which is the real answer to how it ended up short. In any case, here is the next episode. Since the surrender ceremony is on Sunday, I'm currently planning on including that in the next episode (so 8 days instead of 7, ending on Sunday instead of Saturday). Sunday, August 19,1945 - 34 Days After Trinity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Yongjiazhen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anhui https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_assault_on_Maoka Monday, August 20,1945 - 35 Days After Trinity When I was younger, I remember references to "quisling" as a traitor. It stopped being used, though, and it now takes some research to remember who he was and why he, so quickly, became that noun of choice. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vidkun_Quisling U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union Harriman informs Truman of the gift of “A framed photograph of a portrait of Stalin” presumably a response to the picture received three weeks earlier. https://www.trumanlibrary.gov/node/349075 Tuesday, August 21,1945 - 36 Days After Trinity Daghlian Criticality accident (Demon Core) - he would die 25 days later, in mid September https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Daghlian https://members.tripod.com/~Arnold_Dion/Daghlian/accident.html An estimate of radiation doses for Hiroshima survivors. Reading through other stories, though - specifically the New Yorker's Hiroshima - it's clear that many people received lethal doses without being signficantly injured otherwise. https://www.hiroshimapeacemedia.jp/?p=146517 This notes that the 100% lethal doses is 400 rem - one-tenth or even one percent of what Daghlian received. https://www.cdc.gov/radiation-emergencies/causes/radiation-thermometer.html Wednesday, August 22,1945 - 37 Days After Trinity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proposed_Soviet_invasion_of_Hokkaido Thursday, August 23,1945 - 38 Days After Trinity Battle of Shumshu ends - Soviet victory over Japan, but Soviets had more casualties. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Shumshu Friday, August 24,1945 - 39 Days After Trinity https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/b/bullhead-i.html https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/our-collections/photography/us-navy-ships/alphabetical-listing/b/uss-bullhead--ss-332-0.html The Matsue incident - a group of young Japanese riot in opposition to the end of the war. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matsue_incident Saturday, August 25,1945 - 40 Days After Trinity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdication_of_Bảo_Đại https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_invasion_of_South_Sakhalin https://www.nytimes.com/1945/08/25/archives/submarine-bullhead-lost-java-sea-patrol-her-last.html Summer of Trinity is a part of Mapping History here on The Latest Generation.
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    11 min
  • Summer of Trinity - Week Ending August 18, 1945

    Summer of Trinity - Week Ending August 18, 1945
    Aug 21 2025

    This is Summer of Trinity - a daily description of events in the summer of 1945. This episode has daily events for the week ending Saturday August 18, 1945.

    Sunday, August 12,1945 - 27 Days After Trinity

    3 days after Nagasaki, 6 days after Hiroshima

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smyth_Report

    Dr. Bine notes the unexpected arrival of the ending of the war.

    https://www.dearfolksies.com/august-12-1945-75-years-ago-in-a-ww2-m-a-s-h-unit/

    Monday, August 13,1945 - 28 Days After Trinity, 1 week after Hiroshima

    https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/loss-of-uss-indianapolis-ca-35/investigation-and-court-martial/court-of-inquiry.html

    https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/loss-of-uss-indianapolis-ca-35/investigation-and-court-martial/court-of-inquiry-findings.html

    https://www.ussindianapolis.com/captain-mcvay

    Tuesday, August 14,1945 - 29 Days After Trinity

    Final pumpkin bomb sortie: 6 aircraft.

    Kyūjō incident

    The east coast of the United States is about 14 hours behind Japan, so while the surrender occurred in Japan on the 15th, the victory celebrations began in the US on the 14th.

    V-J Day in Times Square

    Wednesday, August 15,1945 - 30 Days After Trinity

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surrender_of_Japan

    Thursday, August 16,1945 - 31 Days After Trinity

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Revolution

    Friday, August 17,1945 - 32 Days After Trinity

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puyi

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evacuation_of_Manchukuo

    Saturday, August 18,1945 - 33 Days After Trinity

    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30966890/anthony-james-marchione
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    13 min
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