World War II officially ended on September 2, 1945, when Japan surrendered to the Allied forces. However, for some soldiers, ...

A few of these holdouts hid deep in the jungles and did not surrender their swords until decades later! In this gallery, you'll get to know some of the most famous Japanese holdouts. Click on to ...

Brandished by a group of soldiers as they approached ... Hirohito's subsequent broadcast to the Japanese nation, announcing his country's unconditional surrender. Even when Allied planes dropped ...

The Imperial Household Agency is considering a visit by Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako to the island of Iwo Jima in ...

Edward P. King surrendered to Japanese Gen. Masaharu Homma. At that point, 75,000 Soldiers became prisoners of war: about 12,000 Americans and 63,000 Filipinos. What followed was one of the worst ...

China grappled with the problem of the surrendered Japanese who still cluttered China’s landscape. Of 3,000,000 Japanese soldiers and civilians in China on V-J day, the vast majority were still ...

NANJO, Okinawa Prefecture--Filled with guilt for his fallen comrades in arms, a former Imperial Japanese Army soldier started ... Hibino surrendered to U.S. forces on Aug. 22, 1945, after the ...