IN the context of the brutal conflict fought in Burma during the Second World War it was small beer. But from little victories do greater victories come although such lofty pronouncements must have ...

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On Sept. 2, 1945, Gen. Yamashita personally surrendered to the 32nd Infantry Division, where, according to an official ...

Deep within the dense canopy of ancient trees and tangled undergrowth that unfolded over the island of Guadalcanal like a ...

Donald McPherson, who scored five aerial victories and was considered the last living American ace pilot from World War II, died this month at the age of 103. McPherson served as a naval aviator ...

But the ceremonies also provide insight into how dictatorships operate. Truth is intolerable to autocracies, which thrive off coercion and misinformation. Indeed, the entire commemoration was ...

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On Oct. 26, 1942, the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier the USS Hornet was sunk during pitched fighting in the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands. Strapped to the deck of the carrier was a farming tractor, ...

Paintings of World War Two which were created by an official war artist have gone on display. Museum and Art Swindon is ...

BEIJING (Reuters) -Chinese President Xi Jinping warned the world was facing a choice between peace or war at a massive military parade in Beijing on Wednesday, flanked by Russia's Vladimir Putin and ...

In August 1941, four months before the United States entered World War II, a 26-year-old tailor named Shoichi Yokoi was drafted into the Japanese Imperial Army. For about two years, ...

Follow live updates about China’s Victory Day military parade as Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un attend Xi Jinping’s WWII ...