On Sept. 2, 1945, the official end of World War II came to pass with Japan’s signing of the Instrument of Surrender aboard ...

This week marks 80 years since Germany unconditionally surrendered to the Allies, bringing the Second World War to an end in Europe. The war killed an estimated 75 million people, including troops and ...

Between 1941 and 1942, Germany’s fortunes in World War II began to shift. In this video, we trace the turning points that ...

Japanese Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu signs the Instrument of Surrender on behalf of the Japanese Government, on board USS Missouri on September 2, 1945. September 2, 2025, marks 80 years since ...

The end of the war heralded a new, more peaceful world, economic worries, and release of previously censored news about Pearl Harbor blame and a wave of Japanese balloon bombs. The front page of the ...

Even if the end of World War II in Europe spawned one of the most joyous days the continent ever lived, Thursday’s 80th anniversary of V-E Day is haunted as much by the specter of current-day conflict ...

The sun was a few hours from setting in Pennsylvania and had already been up for a couple of hours in Japan when the Enola Gay moved rapidly in the sky over Hiroshima and dropped a single bomb on the ...

The 80th anniversary of the end of World War II will be commemorated at The Lamp Theatre in Irwin on Sept. 21 with newsreels from World War II, Jeeps such as the ones used during the war, historical ...

Eighty years since the end of World War II, the British are recalling many battles fought on the path to victory. Yet one ...

Tuesday marked 80 years since Imperial Japan’s formal surrender aboard the USS Missouri, ending the Second World War. That ceremony in Tokyo Bay was the end of a global struggle that claimed more than ...