Japanese soldiers entered the Pacific War believing American troops would collapse under pressure. Instead, they faced U.S.

This video tells the story of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto and his warning that Japan could not sustain a war against the United States during World War II. It traces Japan’s early victories, America’s ...

Plenty of documentaries have been made about the Second World War, with the best ones including The Memory of Justice, The ...

On Sept. 2, 1945, the official end of World War II came to pass with Japan’s signing of the Instrument of Surrender aboard the battleship USS Missouri.

With this year marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, there were many events, media features and other ...

A Japanese navy destroyer torpedoed during a crucial Second World War battle has finally been discovered on the Pacific Ocean floor 80 years after it sank. The Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan paid tribute Friday to more than 3 million war dead as the country marked its surrender that ended World War II 80 years ago, as concern grows about the rapidly fading memories of ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba bows to the crowd after giving a speech during the 80th anniversary ceremony of the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park on ...

China Japan WWII Anniversary FILE - Chinese President Xi Jinping is displayed on a screen as Type 99A2 Chinese battle tanks take part in a parade commemorating the 70th anniversary of Japan's ...

The United States is expanding "air corridors" that will deliver combat power to China's doorstep in a future conflict.

Japan WWII Anniversary Guests queue to attend a memorial service marking the 80th anniversary of Japan's World War II defeat, at the Nippon Budokan hall Friday, Aug ...

BENXI, China (AP) — Eighty years after the end of World War II, Japan and China are marking the anniversary with major events, but on different dates and in different ways. Japan remembers the victims ...