At 11:02 a.m on August 9, 1945, 11-year-old Yoshiro Yamawaki was sitting down to lunch with his brothers at their home in ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: If you gave me one guess as to who would be executive producing a 20-part documentary series about World War 2, I’d confidently say Tom Hanks. And I’d be correct! On ...

What could be more interesting and profound than watching a 20-part docuseries about the Second World War? How about if Tom Hanks was the narrator? That's exactly what you get with this new dissection ...

Arguments about history are proliferating as the postwar order led by the United States crumbles. By Katrin Bennhold I’m the host of The World. In September, China held a military parade to ...

Explore more never-before-seen stories of the greatest secret weapon of World War II — women. Explore even more never-before-seen stories of the greatest secret weapon of World War II — women. They ...

World War II produced some of the most consequential military leaders in modern history. Commanders on both sides were suddenly responsible for directing enormous armies, fleets, and air forces across ...

It was 81 years ago Wednesday that members of a Japanese delegation stood aboard the USS Missouri, an American battleship anchored in Tokyo Bay. After years of war and the great suffering that ...