Twenty-seven cavalrymen charged Japanese infantry at Morong, Philippines, on January 16, 1942. They scattered hundreds of ...
Tetsuya Yamagami, 45, had admitted to shooting Mr. Abe, Japan’s longest-serving prime minister; but his case divided Japan.
This article and accompanying videos are part of a series that will delve into the history of the Bataan Memorial Death March ...
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How the Soviets blitzed Japan in WW2

In August 1945, the Soviet Union launched a massive and largely forgotten offensive into Japanese-occupied Manchuria. Known ...
By the time of the Second World War, a nation could not guarantee its survival without air power. Bombers pummelled cities, ...
For decades, the Navy SEALs have been among the most recognized names of the U.S. military's elite warfighters. This month ...
Between attacking the UK's energy politics and reflecting on if Europeans would all be speaking German if the US hadn't ...
The U.S. Marine Corps and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force’s (JGSDF) bilateral exercise “Iron Fist 26” will see approximately ...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe with a homemade gun was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday, public broadcaster NHK reported.
The United States military is the largest, most formidable fighting force in the world, and each of its branches features ...
At a time when US President Donald Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ threatens the UN’s future, the League of Nations and its collapse offers some sobering lessons.