During the Pacific War, many Japanese soldiers were shaped by the influence of the Bushido code, a military culture built ...

(THE CONVERSATION) World War II casts a very long shadow in East Asia. Eighty years after ending with Japan’s surrender to Allied forces on Sept. 2, 1945, the conflict continues to stir debate over ...

A Japanese soldier refused to believe WWII was over and hid in the jungle for nearly three decades. Lieutenant Hiroo Onoda ...

One of Tommy Lee Jones‘ lowest-rated movies is now officially streaming for free. In the war drama film Emperor, the Academy ...

What exactly are they afraid of? Fear that historical truths will be exposed. The "comfort women" system was a state crime ...

World War II is filled with heartbreaking stories of bravery, loss, and survival. But some stories, especially those ...

A California solider who was taken prisoner and died during World War II was buried in his hometown just before Memorial Day ...

A new 20-episode history of the war narrated and produced by Tom Hanks takes its place in the pantheon of the best WWII ...

He gets teary when he thinks about the U.S. soldiers who stayed in his British village and then left for D-Day. “A lot of ...

Amid rising nationalism, Japan is accelerating its military buildup. Troublingly, as Japan abandons its postwar pacifism, its ...

General John Gibson Chapter of the National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution offers a salute to the American flag in a program featured in Owensville Carnegie ...

The U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command confirmed the wreck site of USS Herring, an U.S. submarine lost in the Pacific ...