To mark the 80th anniversary of the end of the war, we asked historians to share their favorite museums around the world.

This year marks the 80th anniversary of Victory over Japan (V-J) Day, observed in the U.S. on September 2—the day in 1945 ...

Police say that a set of bones recovered at a wartime mine in Japan are human remains. A Japanese group helping search for ...

Donald McPherson shot down five planes in the Pacific theater in the final years of the war, earning him the title of "ace" ...

Mr. McPherson served as a Navy pilot of a Hellcat fighter plane aboard the aircraft carrier USS Essex in the Pacific theater.

The Fort Bliss facility, known locally as Camp East Montana, rises like a white tent city on a flat desert plain. It falls ...

Nation's last surviving World War II Navy fighter pilot shot down five Japanese planes while serving on the USS Essex.

World War II ended with the unconditional surrender of the Axis Powers, following Adolf Hitler’s suicide in Berlin as Soviet ...

"Even though we have different technology, we're still relying on dogs for sight, for hearing and for smell abilities," ...

If anyone would benefit from some quality time at a history museum, it’s White House officials. Take Vance’s line on the end ...

Crews battling a wildfire in the North Yorkshire countryside face the added risk of hidden WWII-era bombs and tank shells, 18 of which have already exploded.

Long before he was dueling Darth Vader in Star Wars, Sir Alec Guinness starred in this tour de force WWII film as Colonel ...