May 8, 1945 - a bright day in history that witnessed the world erupting in joy as the war in Europe ended after years of ...

BBC's Tokyo correspondent Shaimaa Khalil explains why in Japan the 15 August is a mourning occasion known as the "Memorial Day for the End of the War". World War Two in Europe ended in May 1945 but ...

That's the message delivered Friday to a nation on tenterhooks, sealed for nearly a century inside an envelope thought to ...

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

A military parade in Beijing marking the end of World War II will draw leaders from around the world. It's an opportunity for ...

One commemorates China’s victory in its war with Japan together with the Allied victory in the global war against fascism, ...