Eighty years ago today on Sept. 2, 1945, Japan formally surrendered to the Allied Powers, bringing an end to World War II.

On 1945, Japan officially surrendered to the Allies aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, marking the end of World War II. The deadliest war in history was over. Also on this day in 1666, the Great ...

Less than a week later, Japan announced its surrender on Aug. 14, 1945. Japan formally surrendered in writing on Sept. 2, 1945, officially ending World War II.

Japan signed documents of surrender 80 years ago this week. America's stability in the decades that followed was built on the ...

Gaylon Wilson, a Knoxville native and World War II Navy veteran, was just 19 when he stood aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo ...

Japan and China are marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II with major events on different dates.

Japan on Friday is marking the surrender announcement by then-Emperor Hirohito 80 years ago at the end of World War II.

The nuclear bombing of Japan in 1945 is widely credited with hastening the end of the Second World War. Even if true, was it ...

On VJ Day on 15 August, she and her husband laid a wreath on Alfonso's behalf at the Burma Star Association memorial in Colchester's Castle Park. Speaking shortly afterwards, Alfonso's son-in-law said ...

With the Victory Day parade, China has sought to rewrite the history of the World War II to relegate the role of the US-led ...

Less than a week later, Japan announced its surrender on Aug. 14, 1945. Japan formally surrendered in writing on Sept. 2, 1945, officially ending World War II.

August 6, 1945 marked the beginning of the end of World War II when the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima *** short time ago, an American airplane dropped one ...