From launching the daring Doolittle Raid on Tokyo to fighting at Midway and the Solomon Islands, the Hornet became a symbol ...

In May 1943, U.S. forces launched a freezing, nightmarish assault to reclaim Attu from Japan. What was supposed to be a quick ...

World War II, true to its name, was fought across many fronts, with battles raging around the world over land, sea, and air. In the Pacific theater, especially, the Japanese and Allied military fought ...

Japan officially surrendered, bringing an end to World War II. Japanese representatives signed the official surrender document on board the USS Missouri in a day known as VJ Day, or Victory over Japan ...

Rod Davis, an Athens man who over the years has accumulated a wealth of information about World War II, will deliver a presentation on a bombing mission that occurred over Japan on Sunday at the ...

{{youtube:medium|isPdRBiiAFI}} “February 28, 1946: Tokyo. On a late winter afternoon, crowds of Tokyo-ites packed the movie houses for a much-awaited treat. The rumor had spread widely: Hollywood was ...

GIBSONBURG – A chunk of burnt metal, a signed Japanese flag, a book about conversion to Christianity and a rubber personal floatation device may not seem to have much in common. Yet they are all part ...

The impending festivities at Beijing for the 80th anniversary of World War II’s end reflect Xi Jinping’s push to rewrite history as he upends the American-backed order forged after the global conflict ...