While not having heard until recently of the ‘Hiroshima Committee’, I have no doubt the members of this activist group are ...

Setting out the broadcaster’s plans, BBC Director-General Tim Davie said: “The 80th anniversary of VJ Day is a moment to honour the courage and sacrifice of all who served in the Far East during the ...

VJ Day will be honoured and remembered with special programming across TV, iPlayer, Radio, Sounds and the BBC Archive to mark ...

The United States and the European Union avoided the worst-case scenario: a damaging, all-out trade war between allies that ...

CHAPTER 11 The wheels of the vehicles of war with which Nazism [was] halted came from the latex of rubber trees collected on ...

Joseph Rochfort, a maverick US naval officer with a talent for crosswords, and John Tiltman, a British Army Brigadier, never ...

THE experiences of an 'ordinary chap' from Skipton who joined the RAF in the Second World War and who was sent to the Far East will be the ...

Forgotten.    In case you missed it too, June 25 marked the 75th anniversary of the beginning of the Korean War — the first hot front of the Cold War.   No ceremonies or any acknowledgment took place ...

Despite its obscurity, the Curtiss-Wright CW-21 Demon was a capable bomber interceptor thanks to its climb rate of 5,000 feet ...

Monster Island, 2025. Directed by Mike Wiluan. Starring Dean Fujioka, Callum Woodhouse and Alan Maxson. SYNOPSIS: Set during ...

The liberation of Hong Kong is an often overlooked World War II event caused by Japan's surrender. Read on to find out more.

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