"world war ii"

Near the end, the battered American destroyer USS Johnston was surrounded by Japanese warships closing in to finish her off. The Johnston was ablaze. Scores of sailors lay dead. And after three hours of heroic battle, only one of its guns could return fire.

Foreign workers are leaving Britain at the fastest pace since World War II, presenting a challenge to an economy already roiled by Brexit and the coronavirus.

Court expected to seize Japanese assets in Korea; Japan immediately protests ruling

TOKYO - Japan marked its defeat in World War II on Saturday (Aug 15) with a minute of silence at the stroke of noon - the exact moment 75 years ago when Emperor Showa (Hirohito’s posthumous name) announced the surrender on radio.

The economic impact of the growing coronavirus outbreak is shifting from service-driven industries like hotels and restaurants to the manufacturing sector on both sides of the Atlantic, leading to a synchronized shutdown of heavy industry that historians and industry experts say is unlike any seen since the 1940s.

As Russia prepares to mark the 75th anniversary of the victory in World War II, President Vladimir Putin is stepping up his defense of Josef Stalin and digging in against calls to open up secret archives on the Soviet state's killing of millions of its own citizens.

Emperor Showa mentioned the necessity of rearmament and constitutional revision, according to newly disclosed documents detailing exchanges between the emperor and Michiji Tajima, the first grand steward of the Imperial Household Agency in the postwar period.

A French nun who was called "the white angel" by Canadian soldiers she saved during one of the worst single disasters to befall Allied armies during World War II has died aged 103, authorities said Saturday.

Kanchanaburi province plans to pay tribute to Boonpong Sirivejjabhandu, who, together with Australian surgeon Sir Edward “Weary” Dunlop, were known as “The Quiet Lions” for their heroics during World War II.

Re: "A footnote on Siam's role in World War II", Letters, December 10.

Re: "Patriotic fever can cause blindness, deafness", Letters, December 8.