He died starving as a prisoner of war after Japanese troops invaded during World War II, wresting the few dozen residents ...

The Aleutian Islands Campaign of II is often overlooked when discussions of the conflict occur. The Japanese invasion and ...

One of the most extraordinary stories from World War II, paradoxically, is one of the least known: the sinking of the Lisbon ...

A team of Chinese scientists has confirmed the presence of the anthrax-causing bacteria at the site of an infamous Second ...

Recent A recent paper by Japanese historian Tokushi Kasahara has revealed previously unknown materials related to the Nanjing ...

The sinking of the Lisbon Maru was a tragedy that got lost in the seemingly endless loss of life that was the Pacific Theater ...

Not to spoil the rest of the story, ultimately, a small faction of men survived, only to then face a barrage of Japanese bullets in the water. Ultimately, 380 men would be rescued by dozens of local ...

New Zealand’s oldest man and former James “Jim” Easton has celebrated another lap around the sun, hitting the grand old age ...

Researchers trying to unravel the mysteries of the dark period claim they have found Bacillus anthracis at a Japanese World ...

Japan invaded the most westerly of Alaska’s Aleutian Islands and took 41 residents as prisoners of war. Twenty-two of them ...

Military officials confirmed the remains of a World War II hero will be ... forces in Bataan surrendered to the Japanese. During that time, he and other prisoners were subjected to the 65 ...