A 100-year-old Second World War veteran who witnessed the official ceremony marking Japan’s surrender has spoken of his memories 80 years on from the end of the conflict. Reg Draper was a stores ...

Towns and villages across Northamptonshire are preparing to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War. The Japanese surrendered to the allied forces on 15 August 1945, bringing to ...

The kamikaze plane wasn’t more than 90 feet away, about the length of a basketball court. Its intended target was Edward Czechowski and his crew. The 20-year-old Navy coxswain acted quickly, shooting ...

King Charles III has vowed that the service and sacrifice of VJ Day heroes “shall never be forgotten” on the 80th anniversary of the date in 1945 when Japan surrendered to the Allied forces during the ...

In the jubilant aftermath of Japan’s surrender in world war II, San Francisco erupts in celebration. But for Sandy Zimmer, ...

Tuesday marks the 80th anniversary of the Allied victory over Japan, and the National WWII Museum will commemorate the event with a presentation about the end of the cataclysmic war. "The Surrender of ...

COMMENTARY: On the 80th anniversary of the Allies’ victory over Japan in World War II, it is essential that we look at our moral failures and vices as well as our victories and virtues. The surrender ...

To mark the 80th anniversary of VJ Day, a museum in Surrey has shared memories of Allied soldiers who fought in the Far East campaign. The conflict was brought to a conclusion when two atomic bombs ...

CLAREMORE, Okla. — The Claremore Veterans Home hosted Oklahoma's only 80th anniversary ceremony of V-J Day, marking the surrender of Imperial Japan to Allied Forces on Sept. 2, 1945. "As far as the ...

VJ Day commemorations, a visit from a vice president and a lightning strike are just some of the topics covered in this week's Gloucestershire in Pictures. The vice president of the United States JD ...