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 ...

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 ...

The Potsdam Conference shaped the diplomacy of the end of World War II. And on this day in history, July 17, 1945, following Nazi Germany's surrender in the war, President Harry S. Truman, British ...

The United States launched a massive invasion of the Japanese home island of Okinawa, with an initial landing of 60,000 soldiers and marines, on this day in history, April 1, 1945. The Battle of ...

Eighty years later, the scars of the last American firebombing of a Japanese city remain — on the skin of a man who still lives mere yards from where hundreds died, on the surface of a statue of a ...

For Jack Appel, 101, the Allies' victory in Europe − made official on May 8, 1945 − wasn't just vital because otherwise, as he said, "we'd all be speaking German now." "World War II was a major, major ...

There are no rows of white crosses along the Satsuma Peninsula or victory memorials dotting Kagoshima Bay. No markers at beaches on Kyushu bearing names of American car brands — Buick, Cadillac, Stutz ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from World War II Europe 1939-1945 World War II – Europe (WWII-E) is an operational level wargame that covers combat between the Axis and Allies from 1 September ...

MANILA — The honor guard stood smartly, their swords gleaming in the morning sun. Soon, drummers beat a crisp tattoo and Marines carefully placed floral wreaths by a massive bronze statue. Finally, ...

Born from the ashes of World War II in 1945, the United Nations has stood at the center of global governance for 80 years. From the Cold War to a multi-polar world today, the world order has been ...

The post-Cold War era began, in the early 1990s, with soaring visions of global peace. It is ending, three decades later, with surging risks of global war. Today, Europe is experiencing its most ...