December 8 marks the day when former US President Franklin D Roosevelt made the declaration of war against Japan before Congress. It’s also on this day that former Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin ...
It’s hard to imagine what Schuylkill County families must have thought when they read the bold headline “WAR IS ON” in the ...
Pearl Harbor forced our nation to enter a war we wanted no part of -- and to confront the folly of isolationism.
World War II narratives, up for grabs. In September, China held a military parade to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the ...
Out of the 1,500 men on his ship, Del Thielke was the only one selected to be aboard the USS Missouri when the peace treaty ...
Eighty years later, the scars of the last American firebombing of a Japanese city remain — on the skin of a man who still lives mere yards from where hundreds died, on the surface of a statue of a ...
Communist China’s president, Xi Jinping, on the 80th anniversary of Japan’s surrender in World War II, on Wednesday will host two of America’s most difficult foes, President Vladimir Putin of Russia ...
A diplomatic row with Japan over Taiwan has China turning to Britain and France for support, appealing to their shared ...
Soon after the invention and mass adoption of airplanes, governments started used them for war. Suddenly, soldiers had to watch out for flying machines spraying hot lead and dropping bombs. However, ...
A World War II airman who was taken captive by Japanese forces and died in a prison fire after his plane was shot down has been accounted for, military officials said Wednesday. U.S. Army Air Forces ...