On the final night of World War II, hundreds of U.S. Army Air Forces ... which separated North Korea and Manchuria. Target selection was done in Tokyo, where General Douglas MacArthur had set ...

Investment in regional projects is allowing China to expand its influence in the South Pacific at the U.S.'s expense, ...

The events surrounding the end of WWII cemented Mongolia’s national independence and sovereignty. Mongolian troops march in a military parade marking the 80th anniversary of the surrender of Nazi ...

On September 18, 1931, the explosion of the Japanese-owned railway track near the city of Mukden, Manchuria in northeastern China, marked the beginning of a full-scale Japanese invasion of Manchuria.

Editor’s Note: Nick Danforth’s journey as author of this column is drawing to a close. Keep an eye out for his forthcoming book, tentatively titled Fifty Maps That Don’t Explain the World! Meanwhile, ...

The U.S. bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki on Aug. 6 and Aug. 9, 1945, while the Soviets invaded Japanese-occupied Manchuria in northeast China on Aug. 9. “We won World War II on August 15 ...

World War II was a war like no other in the magnitude of its effects ... For China, it began in 1937, with the Sino-Japanese War, or even earlier with the Japanese occupation of Manchuria in 1931.

The map of Earth, long thought settled, could be far more dynamic than once imagined. However, by carefully analyzing tectonic movements across Africa, Phethean and his colleagues have challenged ...

BERLIN, Feb. 21. The Vossiche Zeitung publishes a communication from a correspondent at Niu-Chwang, who says: "I have just returned from a trip through Manchuria, where the insecurity is general.

No Wi-Fi, No Google Maps, No Instagram: The last offline villages in the world where 2.6 billion still wait for internet Tech has transformed lives across much of the globe, with billions swiping ...

On May 8, 1945, Nazi Germany formally surrendered, ending World War II in Europe ... on the final stages of the war with Japan in Manchuria. This month, our cover story commemorates the 50th ...