On September 2, 1945, the Second World War ended when Japan officially surrendered. Today, on the 80th anniversary, the physical legacy of the conflict remains etched into land and sea.

On April 12, 1945, wheelchair-bound, four-term president, Franklin Roosevelt, who had guided the country through the Great Depression and WWII, unexpectedly died at the “Little White House” in Warm ...

Marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, and building off the success of their debut documentary Frog Fathers ...

World War II hero Frank S. Wright has been promoted to sergeant at the age of 100. The Purple Heart winner was shot and ...

To mark the 80th anniversary of the end of the war, we asked historians to share their favorite museums around the world.

Band of Brothers and The Pacific are leaving Netflix this month. Here’s where you can still watch HBO’s award-winning WW2 dramas.

Public input sought by the National Park Service in Hawaii for its plans to manage historical sites on Ford Island in Pearl ...

RELATED PHOTO GALLERY In a ceremony at Pearl Harbor, where Imperial Japan’s surprise Dec. 7, 1941, attack drew the United States into World War II, a crowd gathered Tuesday on the pier beside the ...

As a naval aviator in World War II, Donald McPherson got five aerial kills. Then he spent decades in a life of service.

At 44 the Kansas City-born author is too young to have any connections to the period. He lives in San Francisco and teaches history and literature at Stanford.

Over 20 World War II veterans were paraded through the concourse at Charlotte Douglas before boarding what will be the final ...