Day, is commemorated as the day on which Japan surrendered in World War II. The Pacific Ocean theater of World War II saw ...

Almost 90 US B-29 bombers dropped about 6,000 tons of napalm on Kumagaya, Japan, on the night of August 14-15, 1945. Eighty ...

The Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer Teruzuki was discovered more than 2,600 feet below the ocean's surface near the Solomon Islands.

Love for the motherland, or patriotism, is the third element in China’s World War II narrative, alongside hatred of Japanese ...

Tatsukuma Ueno, 97, a former Japanese army pilot, took the stage at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan in Tokyo to ...

During World War II, the United States suffered 292,129 dead and 139,709 missing. The crew of the USS New Orleans was no exception, as more than 180 people died after being hit by ...

German soldiers never set foot on the speck of land at the far end of the Aleutian Islands during World War II, but the name ...

In 1946, the US organized a football game featuring a pro fullback and a Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback in the ruins of ...

EXCLUSIVE: The Express attended the landmark gathering which comes weeks before the UK prepares to mark 80 years since the ...

Rhode Island observes Victory Day on the second Monday of August, commemorating the end of World War II. The holiday has ...

On Nov. 30, 1942, the USS New Orleans was in the middle of a pitched battle off of Guadalcanal. A Japanese torpedo scored a ...

July 21 marks the 81st anniversary of Guam's liberation from Japanese occupation during World War II, and the island is ...