On May 9, 1945, the Japanese heavy cruiser Haguro set out from Singapore, unaware that it would become part of a deadly ...

A 60 foot sport fishing boat sailed into the side of the decommissioned USS Midway on Jul. 18, 2025, with the operator apparently under the influence of ...

On August 15, a poignant commemoration will take place, marking 80 years since the end of the Second World War in the East ...

Townsville in War and Peace 1942–1946, compiled and edited by Geoff Hansen and the late Dr Diane Menghetti, was first ...

Piers Morgan should apologize for incorrectly criticizing my numbers when I appeared on his show. I have confidence that ...

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.

A NATIONAL two-minute silence will be held next month to mark VJ Day and honour the WW2 soldiers who fought and died in the ...

Australian stocks closed on a fresh record high on Tuesday, while the Reserve Bank proposed an end to credit and debit card ...

One of the most iconic photographs of WW2 taken by Joe Rosenthal of the Associated Press on February 23, 1945 won a Pulitzer ...

EXCLUSIVE: The Express attended the landmark gathering which comes weeks before the UK prepares to mark 80 years since the end of the Second World War.

The USS New Orleans was at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, and responded to the Japanese air attack. Later, the vessel pulled USS Lexington sailors from the water during the Battle of the Coral Sea and ...

As the sun set on April 5, 1945, Convoy HO-MO-03 departed Hong Kong under heavy escort, carrying vital supplies to Japan. Among its defenders was the battered but battle-hardened destroyer Amatsukaze, ...