Beach assault, Saipan, June 1944. USGov PD. June 15, 1944 U.S. Marines and Army troops, supported by a massive fleet, invade Saipan in the Mariana Islands of the Central Pacific. June 19, 1944 Japan's ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In May 1945, near the end of World War II, Germany surrendered to the Allies but Japan refused. To end the war quickly, President ...

Unit 731 developed plague, anthrax and other biological weapons using thousands of prisoners and Chinese civilians as test ...

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 ...

The United States dropped two nuclear bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on Aug. 6, and Aug. 9, 1945, respectively, bringing about the end of World War II and ushering in the ...

On this day the US dropped the world's first atomic bomb on Japan, ending the second world war. This is how the Guardian reported the events.

The Oppenheimer movie has brought up the question of whether two fission bombs were needed to end the war with Japan. This question requires understanding the situation in 1945. Germany did not ...

Over eight decades after Hiroshima and Nagasaki were nuked, Japan is preparing to help defend the United States, the country that levelled its cities. Next week, Japan is expected to formally notify ...