Japan’s invasion of Alaska and the only World War II land campaign on American soil

The campaign began on June 3 and 4, 1942, when Japanese aircraft launched air attacks against the U.S. naval base at Dutch ...
American Rifleman

Japanese Last-Ditch Small Arms Of World War II

** When you buy products through the links on our site, we may earn a commission that supports NRA's mission to protect, preserve and defend the Second Amendment. ** Japanese women were expected to be ...
The Armchair Historian on MSN

How the Soviets blitzed Japan in WW2

In August 1945, the Soviet Union launched a massive and largely forgotten offensive into Japanese-occupied Manchuria. Known ...
Smithsonian Magazine

A Batch of Undelivered WWII Letters Intended for Japanese Soldiers Ended Up in an Oregon Museum Decades Later. Now, Experts Are Returning the Lost Correspondence to Their Families

People line up for rations of beans and water in Japan following the country's defeat in World War II, in September 1945. Pictures from History / Universal Images Group via Getty Images On October 10, ...
Time

How Japan’s Outgoing Leader Could Break From Tradition in Talking About World War II

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba bows to the crowd after giving a speech during the 80th anniversary ceremony of the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park on ...
Military.com

Bones Found at Japanese Site Where Korean Forced Laborers Died in WWII

TOKYO — Suspected human bones have been recovered at a wartime mine in Japan where about 180 mostly Korean forced laborers died in an accident in 1942, according to a Japanese group helping in the ...