Almost 90 US B-29 bombers dropped about 6,000 tons of napalm on Kumagaya, Japan, on the night of August 14-15, 1945. Eighty years later, the scars of that American firebombing remain.

The film reflects on the dangers of hatred and discrimination against minority groups, drawing parallels between historical ...

The history behind the movies includes where those movies take place, geographically, so here's our list of some great World War II movies and where the action happened. World War II was exactly ...

World War II veterans return to Normandy's beaches for the 81st D-Day anniversary, with about two dozen mostly centenarian former servicemen receiving warm welcomes from local French people.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has issued a proclamation designating Thursday as a day for the United States to celebrate victory in World War II as countries in Europe already do ...

A World War II era U.S. Department of Labor poster with a green and black background, promoting the employment of disabled workers.

80 years after World War II, Okinawa’s battle sites are still giving up bones and bombs Brad Lendon/CNN via CNN Newsource ...

Nearly 80 years after World War II, their voices recall the struggle Some were heroes. Some were victims. Others fought for the fascists who sought to dominate the planet. Today their stories are ...

The types of books she often writes—historical novels about bombings, spies and young resistance fighters in World War II—have become some of the hottest novels with young readers starting ...

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at World War II, which lasted from 1939 to 1945. Causes of World War II The Peace of Paris – The treaties worked out in Paris at the end of World ...

The US does not have any public holidays commemorating World War II specifically, but there have been remembrance ceremonies in May, August and September across the country for decades ...

It was spent to wind up World War II. At war’s end the U.S. had vast stores of equipment which it had not yet paid for, more billions still on order which it suddenly did not need.