Lord Mountbatten, the last Viceroy of India, chose August 15 as India's Independence Day because it was the two-year ...

In August 1945, 80 years ago, an anonymous sailor kissed an anonymous nurse. It became one of the iconic images of World War ...

Coin Street neighbourhood centre in Waterloo tomorrow (15 August) presents three powerful free textile exhibitions on Victory ...

Cars and elated people crowded the downtown. Cheers, horns and whistles sounded for hours after news of Japan's surrender on ...

1945: At 6 p.m. Chicago time, President Harry S. Truman gathered reporters in the Oval Office of the White House to announce that Japan’s Emperor Hirohito agreed to surrender. Victory over Japan (or V ...

Japan and China are marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II with major events on different dates.

People across Merseyside and beyond will mark the 80th anniversary of VJ Day tomorrow, August 15. In May this year, the ...

J Day with Ena Slaughter, as she recalls the emotional day that ended WWII and her unforgettable service with the US Coast Guard SPARS.