Eighty years ago, Prime Minister Ben Chifley began his address to the nation with a sentence of perfect simplicity – and infinite power: Fellow citizens, the war is over. The signing of the surrender ...

A Second World War veteran from Essex has described those who survived to celebrate the end of the conflict as being "lucky ...

The last survivor of the HMAS Canberra is farewelled on Victory in the Pacific Day, which marks the end of hostilities in the Pacific region during World War II.

Australian PM Anthony Albanese and the right-wing New Zealand PM Christopher Luxon called for enhanced military ...

Cam Pelletier was a 23-year-old serving in the Navy in the South Pacific in August 1945 when President Harry Truman announced ...

A Japanese firm has created an interactive website where families of U.S. troops killed during the Battle of Okinawa can see their loved ones’ names on the island’s Cornerstone of Peace memorial.

In words echoed by his grandfather, King George VI, King Charles has acknowledged the service and sacrifice of those who ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The Pacific Fleet Submarine Museum will offer free tickets to Hawaii residents and active military ...

Aggression only leads to defeat and as authoritarianism once again gathers strength, it is important that freedom and ...

After the American Civil War ended in 1865, Secretary of State William Seward took up Russia’s longstanding offer to buy ...

A 99-year-old Second World War veteran has said ahead of the 80th anniversary of Victory over Japan Day (VJ Day) that there ...

KUNSHIRO Kiyozumi is a small, stooped man with wisps of grey hair who lives alone and still pedals to the supermarket on his ...