BBC's Tokyo correspondent Shaimaa Khalil explains why in Japan the 15 August is a mourning occasion known as the "Memorial Day for the End of the War". World War Two in Europe ended in May 1945 but ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — World War II veterans and others gathered at the National World War II Memorial on Sept. 2 to commemorate the end to the conflict which pitted Allied forces against Axis ...

The air show and other presentations at the Fagen Fighters WWII Museum in Granite Falls, Minnesota, commemorated the victory over Japan and 250th anniversary of Navy and Marines. Billed as a “cat ...

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 ...

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, accompanied by his wife and daughter, have paid their respects to atomic bombing victims in Nagasaki as he wrapped up a tour on the 80th anniversary.

Did you know that a Millersport man predicted the end of the war with Japan within less than four hours of the formal end of ...

The US, meanwhile, waged a strategic tug of war, pushing back the fierce tide of resistance, island by island, in a slow march towards Japan’s home territory. A heavy cloud hung over the Allied ...

On Sept. 2, 1945, Japan surrendered, launching an era of alliances and trade. Now, with memories of the war fading, so is the consensus on how to avoid a repeat.

The B-29 that dropped the atomic bomb on Nagasaki to end World War II is on display at the National Museum of the US Air ...