A Japanese pilot slammed his Zero fighter plane into the USS Missouri and ignited a fireball on April 11, 1945, during the Battle of Oki ...

The Imperial Navy founded the Kamikaze Tokko Tai, which translates as Divine Wind Special Attack Corps, and the Imperial Army followed with its own unit. Internationally their missions are called ...

and the Imperial Army followed with its own unit. Internationally their missions are called kamikaze, but in Japan they are better known as “tokko,” which means “special attack.” ...

Marines hold folded American flags during a Friday night repatriation ... where Marines repelled an attack by Imperial Japanese forces trying to retake the strategically important Henderson ...

BRITAIN will come to a standstill today to mark Victory in Europe Day with a spectacular show of patriotism and pageantry on ...

VE Day on May 8 will be marked by celebrations and commemorations around Newcastle, Northumberland, Durham and Sunderland and ...

YOUR essential guide to six days of national commemoration marking the 80th anniversary of  the end of WW2 in Europe. Find ...

Today the city’s ancient Citadel and Imperial City, a UNESCO site on the north bank ... The trio had been through hell since they’d been captured by the Japanese Army in Myanmar to transport supplies ...

Today, the Vietnamese people celebrate 50 years since the People’s Army of Vietnam (PAVN) and the National Liberation Front ...

Chris Bambery explains why the allies’ leaderships in the Second World War were fighting neither for democracy nor against ...