World War II ended 75 years ago, but not all countries commemorate it on the same day. Wednesday is the anniversary of the formal Sept. 2, 1945, surrender of Japan to the United States ...

The shocking photos show the prisoners of war reduced to skin and bone after being starved and brutally beaten by their captors until they were freed following the fall of Japan in 1945.

BOSTON--Twenty-two historic artifacts that were looted following the Battle of Okinawa in World War II have been returned to Japan after a family from Massachusetts discovered them in their late ...

In 1945, the idea of just war was firmly established ... and hours before the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. WW2: How close did D-Day come to failure? documentWW2: How close ...

May 8, 1945 V-E Day. Germany surrenders unconditionally. World War II in Europe is over. May 12-18, 1945 In Okinawa, Marines hit Japan's main line of defense at Sugar Loaf Hill. It will take ...

Perhaps best known for his outstanding Hell to Pay: Operation DOWNFALL and the Invasion of Japan, 1945-1947, military historian Giangreco’s 1997 Journal of Military History paper "Casualty Projections ...

In May 1945, British forces crossed the Irrawaddy River in Burma and engaged a Japanese force, north of the Prome-Taungup road. With the tide of war changing in the allies favor, by May 9 ...