A 106-year-old WWII veteran reveals how his US Navy ship survived a Japanese kamikaze attack in the Pacific theater.

The letters, which were translated by German historian Robin Schaefer, form the basis of a new documentary. They reveal how German troops clung onto a love for 'the Reich'.

Step back in time to 1945, as we tour a meticulously recreated town in the aftermath of World War II. This video explores how daily life looked in a war-torn community, from the ruins and rationing to ...

Here are some of the most notorious Japanese war criminals who were never found. General Shirō Ishii – The Mastermind of Unit 731 General Shirō Ishii was the commander of Unit 731, the covert Japanese ...

Army Capt. Willibald Bianchi was killed in 1945 after U.S. aircraft, unaware there were prisoners on board, scored a direct ...

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 ...

Local Veteran Ed Buffman was invited to speak aboard the USS Missouri in Hawaii on the 80th anniversary of the official ceremony that ended WWII. Buffman was on the ship when the surrender ...

Mivo River, Bougainville. 1945-08-18, first contact between the Japanese surrender envoy and Australian troops on ...

Writing in late November 1945, just weeks after the SAS had been controversially disbanded,  Lieutenant-Colonel Mayne eulogised about the courage of the men under his command.

Over the course of World War II, many women stepped out of societal norms to take on roles that were essential to the Allied ...

U.S. Navy Reserve Ensign Eugene E. Mandeberg, 23, of Detroit, was a member of Fighting Squadron 88 during World War II.