Japan and China are marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II with major events on different dates.

Russian President Vladimir Putin stopped at a Russian memorial honoring Soviet-era cooperation with American forces during ...

President Harry Truman announced Aug. 14, 1945, that Japan had surrendered unconditionally to end World War II. In several ...

Top collectors on the island have amassed hundreds of thousands of artifacts — and there are still more being found.

Cam Pelletier was a 23-year-old serving in the Navy in the South Pacific in August 1945 when President Harry Truman announced ...

In just 30 seconds, we use Google Earth to visualize the entire course of World War II. From the initial invasions to the ...

The USS Silversides submarine sank 23 ships during World War II. It was also the site of a successful emergency appendectomy ...

Friday was the 80 th anniversary of when the Japanese empire laid down their arms and surrendered to Allied forces marking the end of World War II. And it was the 101 st birthday for a local man who ...

Count Folke Bernadotte, the nephew of Sweden's King Gustav V and a colleague of Herman Allen, helped arrange a ceremony for ...

History buffs can take in a new World War II exhibit at History Park in San Jose this Saturday while enjoying the Spirit of ...

Anderson, of Dover, passed away on Aug. 1, at the age of 102. To recognize Anderson's lifetime of service, Governor Meyer ...

On Thursday, the Fargo National Cemetery held a wreath-laying ceremony to honor WWII veterans and remember the 80th anniversary of the war’s end.