Nagasaki cathedral has blessed the final piece to complete its restoration nearly 80 years after being destroyed by the ...

The event observed 80th anniversary of first ever atomic bomb test that took place in south-central New Mexico ...

Parke pointed to the United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, a legally binding document that would ban ...

Timeless Patriotism: Guam and World War II Special | 58m 16s | CC Explore how the American territory of Guam and its residents dealt with the horrific Japanese occupation of their island in WWII.

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 ...

In a significant act of historical restitution, a rare World War II-era tank has been returned from Texas to Japan, bridging decades of wartime history.

Why It Matters A peace treaty formally ending World War II has never been signed by Russia and Japan, largely because of disputes over a group of Russian-occupied islands claimed by Japan.

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako on Monday made a rare visit to the tiny Pacific island of Iwo Jima to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II.

That's how Morton Grove storyteller Anne Shimojima described her parents’ and grandparents’ experiences in World War II internment camps. With photos from her family and the National Archives ...

A World War II airman who was taken captive by Japanese forces and died in a prison fire after his plane was shot down has been accounted for, military officials said Wednesday.

Narr. by Milton S. Eisenhower, director of the War Relocation Authority. An historical record of the transfer of Japanese residents from the Pacific Coast to the American Interior as carried out ...