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

China has banned exports to Japan of dual-use goods for military purposes. The move comes at a time of heightened tensions ...

Japan is accelerating a military buildup program designed to double annual arms spending. The country also is revising a ...

In small town America, boys with absent heads of households were taken under the wing of World War I veterans from such ...

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 a touch of privilege, refinement and a nobleman’s wig, world history teacher Daniel Echebarria’s enactment of a French aristocrat brings discussion of the French Revolution alive for his students ...

On the morning of Dec. 8, 1941, Sergeant David Akui walked along Waimanalo Beach and spotted what he thought was a sea turtle emerging from the surf. Akui quickly realized he had found something far ...

Arguments about history are proliferating as the postwar order led by the United States crumbles. By Katrin Bennhold I’m the host of The World. In September, China held a military parade to ...

A diplomatic row with Japan over Taiwan has China turning to Britain and France for support, appealing to their shared history as wartime allies. By David Pierson Reporting from Hong Kong China’s ...

When most people think of the Pacific Theater of World War II, they envision tropical islands, heat, and jungle combat. However, the 18-day campaign in May 1943 to retake a remote Aleutian island from ...

From the moment he heard about Pearl Harbor at 15 years old, Jim Sivelle said he knew he would join the service and “go fight.” The Polson resident, 99 years old, still has vivid memories of World War ...

In this video we recreate the CC2 chemical treatment once applied to World War II uniforms to make them more resistant to gas and chemical agents. We explore how the process worked, what materials ...