Japan occupied all or part of over 20 countries during World War II. The U.S. and its allies liberated many of the Pacific Islands in hard-fought naval and amphibious battles before ending the war ...
This video follows China’s brutal War of Resistance against Japan, from the fall of Shanghai and Nanjing and Chiang Kai-shek’s disastrous decisions, through refugee crises, famine, and mass atrocities ...
YOKOHAMA, Japan — Restoration of a city landmark here last year uncovered images of the post-World War II occupation by U.S. forces, reminders now preserved for the stories they tell. The word ...
The Japanese began to bomb American bases in the Philippines hours after the Dec. 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor that launched the United States into World War II. By the spring of 1942, Japanese ...
pt. 1. Empire: occupied territories. Korea the colony and the poet Sowŏl / David R. McCann ; Writing the colonial self: Yang Kui's texts of resistance and national identity / Angelina C. Yee ; The ...
Right wing groups in Japan continue to push historical denialism in a bid to whitewash wartime atrocities. South Korea, which suffered under Japanese occupation, wants Japan to be more open about the ...
Survivors of the Japanese World War II occupation of Guam and their descendants have received $4.13 million in compensation under a 2021 territorial law, according to the governor’s office. Over the ...
KILGORE — From 1941 to 1945, the men who enlisted in the U.S. military were trained to be warriors. When Lee Downing joined in June 1946, however, their mission was different. World War II hadn’t been ...
In December 1970, on a visit to Warsaw, Willie Brandt, chancellor of West Germany, came to the site of the Warsaw Ghetto. Brandt sank to his knees and bowed his head. At the time, the gesture was ...
Explore how Guam and its residents dealt with the Japanese occupation of their island in WWII. Explore how the American territory of Guam and its residents dealt with the horrific Japanese occupation ...
In this Aug. 9, 1944, file photo, U.S. soldiers walk by a bombed out cemetery in Agana, Guam. (Joe Rosenthal/AP) HAGATÑA, Guam — For Antonina Palomo Cross, Japan ...