Hans Jeschonnek was 15 when he decided he joined the German army in the First World War. Early on he embraced militarism and showed much potential. As he rose through the ranks of the German army, he ...

Japanese atomic bomb survivor Shigeaki Mori has died at age 88. Mori was a historian and best known for a big hug he was ...

Jack’s pilot got Ridlon’s Rats over the target and on their way back to base, and much to their relief, “two or three of our squadron’s B-24s dropped their airspeed and came down to our altitude and ...

The Japanese premier, general and war criminal is widely reviled by most – but not all. Peter Mauch’s superb biography lays ...

Still packing a pedestal for anti-aircraft weaponry on its roof, a history-laden building on a university campus in Tokyo has been recognized and registered as a national tangible cultural property.

While the NMMC preserves both flags in their collection, they are only displayed together briefly each year to mark the ...

A team of 15 specialist divers dove into waters off the coast of the Philippines last month—initiating a forensic recovery operation that one Pentagon scientist said could take "months or years." ...