The beginning of the end of World War II came on Aug. 15, 1945, (it was Aug. 14 here) when Japan surrendered to the Allies just days after the United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima on Aug. 6 ...
The acting governor of Russia's Far Eastern region of Khabarovsk, Dmitry Demeshin, said on August 9 that a military parade will be held next month in the region's capital, also called Khabarovsk, to ...
News didn’t travel as fast 75 years ago. But when President Harry S. Truman addressed the American people in the early evening of Aug. 14, 1945, announcing that Imperial Japan had agreed to “an ...
The horrific human atrocity of World War II ended aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay as Japan formally signed documents of surrender on this day in history, Sept. 2, 1945. The ceremony lasted just ...
MILFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — The City of Milford paid tribute to a monumental moment in U.S. history. A poignant remembrance ceremony marked the 80th anniversary of Victory over Japan Day or ‘V-J Day.’ On ...
All eyes this summer are on Tokyo, Japan. After being postponed a year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 Summer Olympic Games finally started in late July 2021. In the summer of 1945, the ...
TOKYO, Japan — World War II ended 75 years ago, but not all countries commemorate it on the same day. Wednesday is the anniversary of the formal Sept. 2, 1945, surrender of Japan to the United States, ...
TOKYO, Japan — World War II ended 75 years ago, but not all countries commemorate it on the same day. Wednesday is the anniversary of the formal Sept. 2, 1945, surrender of Japan to the United States, ...