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, when ...

In a time when the chaos of news-by-the-minute assaults the senses of those who yearn for perspective and analysis, it can be instructive to look back to April 1945, a month that gave the world 30 ...

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The late leftist journalist Andrew Kopkind pointed to “the universal desire of statesmen to make their most monstrous ...

Street parties are also set to be held across the country and a 10,000-strong concert as the nation comes together to honour the heroes of the Second World War. Article continues below Under ...

With changing times and changing political leadership, more and more Japanese-era buildings are being restored and reopened ...

A portrait of the German Kaiser, Wilhelm II. The Kaiser's ambitions for empire were a contributing factor in the outbreak of World War One ... German Emperor. Francis Joseph I, Emperor of Austria ...

When most people think of World War One, they think of trenches ... In the 1880s, the German Emperor, Kaiser Wilhelm II, decided to build a navy to rival that of the British.

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By James Barron Good morning. It’s Thursday. Today we’ll find out how a World War II fighter-bomber was squeezed into an exhibition space on the former aircraft carrier Intrepid. We’ll also ...