In the summer of 1945, before the atomic bombings ended the war, the U.S. Navy launched direct bombardments against Japan’s ...

Douglas MacArthur signing surrender of Japan on warship USS MIssouri on Sept. 2, 1945 History News Network This post is in partnership with the History News Network, the website that puts the news ...

TOKYO (AP) — Friday is the 80th anniversary of then-Emperor Hirohito's announcement of Japan's World War II surrender, but as living witnesses die and memories fade, questions remain in Japan about ...

While widespread jubilation marked the event, some servicemen present served as a sobering reminder of World War II's cost. Despite the excitement, liquor stores closed early by order of the governor, ...

How Will the War End? The most important word in the title of this book is “surrender.” While it was clear that the final weeks of World War II had been reached, as Evan Thomas so cogently documents ...

On the 15th of August 1945, the Japanese empire capitulated after the United States threw atomic bombs on Hiroshima and ...

On Aug. 6, 1945, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. On Aug. 9, 1945, a second bombing was dropped on Nagasaki. The atomic bombs instantly took thousands of ...

TOKYO (AP) — Friday is the 80th anniversary of then-Emperor Hirohito’s announcement of Japan’s World War II surrender, but as living witnesses die and memories fade, questions remain in Japan about ...