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

A national ceremony will begin at Tokyo’s Budokan hall at noon, the same time then-Emperor Hirohito’s 4½-minute prerecorded ...

Japan occupied much of China before and during WWII in a devastating and brutal invasion that, by some estimates, killed 20 ...

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

Count Folke Bernadotte, the nephew of Sweden's King Gustav V and a colleague of Herman Allen, helped arrange a ceremony for ...

David Muir shares the story of World War II veteran Joseph Peterburs and the moment he was cleared for takeoff at the ...

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

History buffs can take in a new World War II exhibit at History Park in San Jose this Saturday while enjoying the Spirit of ...

The Aug. 30 celebration will focus on the war’s Pacific theater and Chinese-U.S. cooperation. An Aug. 20 news conference will ...

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

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