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Tu B'Av: The Last Year in the Desert and the Power of Desperation

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How is the simcha of Tu B'Av linked to the end of the decree? (Sources: see Rashi to Taanis 30b; Tosfos to Bava Basra 121a and Maharsha ad loc.)

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