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An excerpt from this silent film produced some time during World War II documents living conditions in internment camps for Japanese Americans. For photographs on this topic, see Alan Taylor's ...
TOKYO (AP) — Japan paid tribute Friday to more than 3 million war dead as the country marked its surrender that ended World ...
The Japanese Navy in World War II: In the Words of Former Japanese Naval Officers, Second Edition. (United States: Naval Institute Press, 2017). Boyd, Carl.
TOKYO, Japan — 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 ...
The country’s postwar history was a remarkable story of national rebirth. Now the assumptions that underpinned the last 80 years of policy are being stressed to the limit.
Japan on Friday is marking the surrender announcement by then-Emperor Hirohito 80 years ago at the end of World War II.
Japan and China are marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II with major events on different dates.
The United States was dragged unwillingly into World War II by the surprise Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. It was part of Japan’s wider plan to dominate the entire Asia ...
The release of WWII-era military documents this year has given a boost to researchers digging into Japan's germ warfare ...
Wednesday is the anniversary of the formal Sept. 2, 1945, surrender of Japan to the United States, when documents were officially signed.