The use of atomic bombs was rationalized after-the-fact using myths that transformed the burning of children into a positive good. President Truman and government propagandists justified the attacks ...

On 9 November 1942, the 21st Brigade of the Australian Army assembled at the cricket field, close to the start of the Kokoda ...

Key Points and Summary – The U.S. and its allies have launched a massive nine-day naval exercise in the western Pacific, ...

King Charles is poised to deliver a poignant address to commemorate the 80th anniversary of VJ Day, marking the moment allied ...

In this episode of Kings and Generals’ Pacific War series, we explore how the outbreak of World War II in Europe directly ...

The 80th anniversary of this pivotal event in history is a particularly notable one, as it will be the last milestone for most of the few remaining survivors.

By John LaForge Aug. 6 and 9 are the 80th anniversaries of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The killing of 140,000 civilians at Hiroshima was the effect of detonating a ...

Hundreds of people who lived through the atomic bombings 80 years ago, who many view as the only true nuclear experts, ...

Wesley Burris remembers waking to a morning of potent, white light and panic as the planet’s first atomic bomb went off in a test in the Jornada del Muerto desert near his family’s Southern New Mexico ...

As Japan marks 80 years since the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the country's postwar identity is shifting.

In war, the deaths of civilians and combatants are unfortunately inevitable. Today, 80 years after the dropping of atomic ...

The United States had been at war with Japan for nearly four years. The Japanese instigated this carnage by bombing Pearl ...