In May 1945, British forces crossed the Irrawaddy River in Burma and engaged a Japanese force, north of the Prome-Taungup road. With the tide of war changing in the allies favor, by May 9 ...

Their crushing defeat at the battle of Khalkin ... "By entering the war with militarist Japan ... the Soviet Union precipitated the end of World War II." ...

TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida vowed ... made Thursday on the 79th anniversary of Japan's defeat in World War II. "We will never again repeat the tragedy of war" and will stick ...

TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida renewed a peace pledge Tuesday as Japan observed the 78th anniversary of its World War II defeat but did not mention the country's wartime aggression ...

The highest-ranked military leaders of the victorious Allied nations, along with representatives of the defeated Empire of Japan ... to see combat in World War II. The top ten students—including ...

Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida delivers a speech during the memorial service for the war dead, as Japan marks the 78th anniversary of Japan's World War II defeat, at the Nippon Budokan hall ...