A blinding light like thousands of strobe lights — that's how Toshiko Tanaka described the morning, 80 years ago today, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima. On Aug. 6, 1945, the ...

Six years after it started, World War II ended in 1945 with Nazi Germany surrendering in May and its leaders going on trial for war crimes in November.

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

** When you buy products through the links on our site, we may earn a commission that supports NRA's mission to protect, preserve and defend the Second Amendment. ** Japanese women were expected to be ...

On Sept. 2, 1945, the official end of World War II came to pass with Japan’s signing of the Instrument of Surrender aboard the battleship USS Missouri. At then-Camp McCoy, Wis., the thousands of ...

Japan occupied all or part of over 20 countries during World War II. The U.S. and its allies liberated many of the Pacific Islands in hard-fought naval and amphibious battles before ending the war ...

What if World War II hadn’t ended in alliance but erupted into a new conflict between the Soviets and the Western Allies in 1945? This in-depth analysis explores troop strength, tactics, tech, and ...

History is seldom tidy. Eras overlap and unfinished business from one period lingers into the next. World War II was a war like no other in the magnitude of its effects on the lives of people and the ...

The “bone digger” slides into a thin crevice on a hill in the Okinawan jungle. He’s a slight man, nimbly fitting his frame through the cave entrance, carefully avoiding the sharp limestone roof while ...

The World War II 1945 Willys MB Jeep was... sorry, still is, as tough and rugged as they come. The concept of "comfort" wasn't even mentioned once when it came to the original blueprints. But a soft, ...