In 1940, 19-year-old Clavell joined Britain's Royal Artillery to fight in World War II and was sent to Singapore to fight the Japanese advance across Asia. He never made it; his transport was sunk ...

To this day, Japan and Russia do not have a peace treaty for the end of World War II hostilities as Japan still claims several of the southernmost Kuril Islands. 17. Singapore ...

During World War II, thousands of Japanese Americans fought for the U.S. against Japan, now their story is finally being told ...

Bomb disposal personnel from the Japanese Ground Self Defense Force determined that the explosion was caused by an American 500-pound bomb that was likely dropped during a World War II air raid.

The USS Lexington Museum in Texas handed over a Japanese soldier's Good Luck Flag, carried during World War II, to a nonprofit organization for its return to the man's family.

An unexploded U.S. bomb from World War II that had been buried at a Japanese airport exploded Wednesday, causing a large crater in a taxiway and the cancellation of more than 80 flights but no ...

Officials inspect a crater caused by an explosion on a taxiway at Miyazaki Airport in Miyazaki, southwestern Japan, on Oct. 2, 2024. The crater was caused by a U.S. bomb dropped in World War II.

A bomb from World War II exploded at the Miyazaki Airport in southwestern Japan on Wednesday. No one was injured but more than 80 flights have been canceled. Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary ...

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 ...

First launched in 1920, the Edsall played a role in sinking Japan's I-124 submarine, which became one of the first Japanese subs lost in World War II. On March 1, 1942, ...