When I was a kid, I was fascinated by a traditional katana my grandfather had brought home from Japan in 1945 ... beach in the final days of World War II. It was six months after I first asked ...

Scores of unexploded bombs dating from World War II have been recovered from a children’s playground in northern England after a chance discovery. Local officials in the town of Wooler ...

When it comes to World War II, there is no question that the United ... and Langley as they advanced toward Japan in March 1945. Over the first month of this operation, the ship is credited ...

More than 170 bombs dating back to World War II were discovered under a children’s playground in England last month when workers began digging up the park for renovations, according to officials.

Japan wasn't so lucky in October when an unexploded bomb dropped during World War II and subsequently buried at an airport detonated. The explosion damaged a runway and canceled more than 80 ...

WASHINGTON — During the height of World War II, more than 900 service members, civilians and crew aboard the U.S. Army Transport Dorchester sailed through the North Atlantic for Greenland.

As World War II neared its end, Japan found itself with much of its naval forces destroyed as the Americans reconquered Japan's newly acquired islands. One way the Japanese decided to counter the ...

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako are considering a visit to Iwoto Island in April to pay respects to the victims of the fierce fighting in the closing stages of World War II 80 years ...

OSAKA--West Japan Railway Co. (JR West ... noon on July 24 for the removal of an unexploded U.S. bomb from World War II. JR West announced on June 16 that it expects services will be halted ...