The Second World War ended eight decades ago this summer. But its specter looms large today. The war ended empires, upended ...

Aug. 14 is National Navajo Code Talker Day, honoring the over 400 Code Talkers who served with U.S. Marines in the Pacific ...

A Japanese cabinet minister was among thousands of people to visit a controversial war memorial in Tokyo as Japan marks 80 ...

Cam Pelletier was a 23-year-old serving in the Navy in the South Pacific in August 1945 when President Harry Truman announced ...

Japan and China are marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II with major events on different dates.

Aggression loses,' and nations 'must unite to defeat' any 'ambition of expansion and aggression,' for freedom and peace, Lai ...

Tommy Anderson of Dover, who helped the Allies win World War II as a soldier in the "ghost army," died Aug. 1 at age 102.

Top collectors on the island have amassed hundreds of thousands of artifacts — and there are still more being found.

Taiwan has banned officials from attending a military parade planned by Beijing to mark the end of World War II. Read more at ...

In August 1945, 80 years ago, an anonymous sailor kissed an anonymous nurse. It became one of the iconic images of World War ...

A World War II veteran is set to ring in his 102nd birthday this weekend at Milwaukee Irish Fest. Tom Sitter, of Madison, has ...

The USS Silversides submarine sank 23 ships during World War II. It was also the site of a successful emergency appendectomy ...