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 ...

Sent by the United States to “coerce the government of Japan into civilization,” as ... retrace Perry’s route home. By the ...

Japanese Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu signs the Instrument of Surrender on behalf of the Japanese Government, on board USS Missouri (BB-63), 2 September 1945. Lieutenant General Richard K.

A long-lost legendary Naval submarine has finally been found — more than 80 years after it was torpedoed by Japanese forces ... announced Friday. The World War II-era boat — which earned ...

After the 1945 US bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki led to Japan’s surrender and the end of World War II, many people who ...

VJ Day celebrations 75 years ago A WW2 hero and a reckoning with ... Following the end of the fighting in Europe, the Allies told Japan to surrender on 26 July 1945, but the deadline passed ...

The bomb was dropped to force a quick Japanese surrender. American commanders said ... surprising things key people thought at the time. WW2: Countdown to Hiroshima: The bomb that changed the ...

Eighty years after US air raids devastated Japanese cities, the nation reflects on its wartime suffering but with an ...

Japanese representatives signed the instrument of surrender aboard the USS Missouri off Tokyo Bay on Sept. 2, 1945, to officially end World War II. China and Russia commemorate Sept. 3 as the ...

After suffering more than 220,000 casualties, the Empire of Japan announced its surrender, leading to the end of World War II. The US forces quickly moved in to launch Operation Blacklist ...

An image authentically shows a newspaper headline from 1945 saying that children wrote to Santa Claus to ask for atomic bombs ...

The Pearl Harbor attack sparked outrage across the U.S. and led the nation to enter World War II, declaring war on the Empire ...