On August 15, 1945, Japanese Emperor Hirohito announced Japan's unconditional surrender to the Allied powers in a radio ...

On the 15th of August 1945, the Japanese Emperor Hirohito gave a speech on the radio in which he announced the unconditional ...

The Pacific-facing county hosts the largest concentration of such bunkers in Taiwan that are among the best-preserved ...

Falke served in World War II, Korea and Vietnam and won the Distinguished Flying Cross for aerial heroism. But he insisted ...

The last known survivor of the last British ship to be sunk during the second world war, has been laid to rest.

Bill Wolf, a Fountain Hills resident for the last 25 years, is deeply passionate about World War II aviation history and for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Multiple video clips offer strong evidence that kamikaze drones were among the capabilities the U.S. military brought to bear ...

82 years ago today, a U.S. Coast Guard pilot flew history’s first helicopter rescue mission. On January 3, 1944, Coast Guard Pilot Frank Erickson flew straight into the teeth of a raging storm to ...

What’s Merry about all this, you ask? We’re fighting — it’s cold, we aren’t home. All true but what has the proud Eagle Division accomplished with its worthy comrades the 10th Armored Division, the ...

The USS Saufley served in many WWII missions, conducting anti-shipping sweeps, escorting reinforcements, and providing shore ...

A German mother sheltered three lost American soldiers during the Battle of the Bulge—and did the same for German soldiers hours later. This year marks the 81st anniversary of the infamous “Battle of ...