The Second World War has been described as the greatest human catastrophe of all time. The scope of destruction and lives ...

The attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, was a turning point in world history, pulling the United States directly into ...

The declassified documents released by the Russian government provide further solid evidence that Japanese invaders carried out germ warfare in China during World War II, leaving no room for denial, ...

Japan marked the 80th anniversary of its WWII surrender with PM Shigeru Ishiba expressing "remorse" for the first time since ...

As the 80th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II nears, Chinese parade soldiers are being put through their paces ...

The Chinese Embassy in Pyongyang has held a reception marking the 80th anniversary of what China observes as its victory over ...

BENXI, China (AP) — Eighty years after the end of World War II, Japan and China are marking the anniversary with major events ...

Memories of the war, such as the Imperial Japanese Army's bombing of Darwin, remained vivid for many Australians, and ...

The air show and other presentations at the Fagen Fighters WWII Museum in Granite Falls, Minnesota, commemorated the victory ...

Garrett Graff's new book, The Devil Reached Toward the Sky, is an oral history of the first atomic bomb. Below, the ...

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