BBC's Tokyo correspondent Shaimaa Khalil explains why in Japan the 15 August is a mourning occasion known as the "Memorial Day for the End of the War". World War Two in Europe ended in May 1945 but ...
May 8, 1945 - a bright day in history that witnessed the world erupting in joy as the war in Europe ended after years of ...
Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...
It has been seven decades since the first atomic bomb was dropped on Japan by the United States killing tens of thousands of people and prompting the end of WWII. And it is exactly 70 years ago ...
The horrific human atrocity of World War II ended aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay as Japan formally signed documents of surrender on this day in history, Sept. 2, 1945. The ceremony lasted just ...
August 6, 1945 marked the beginning of the end of World War II when the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima *** short time ago, an American airplane dropped one bomb ...
Evil Unbound, which depicts Japanese germ warfare during World War Two, set a first-day box office record among the war films ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Michael Peck covers defense and national security. In the summer of 1945, U.S. leaders expected one million American soldiers ...
BEIJING (Reuters) - "Evil Unbound", which depicts Japanese germ warfare during World War Two, set a first-day box office record among the war films released in China this year, as Beijing seeks to ...
The Oppenheimer movie has brought up the question of whether two fission bombs were needed to end the war with Japan. This question requires understanding the situation in 1945. Germany did not ...
The napalm bombing of Japanese cities remains far less notorious than the atomic attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, even though more people died.
On Aug. 6, 1945, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima — becoming the only country to ever use nuclear weapons during wartime.Watch the video above to learn ...