The Kaiten torpedo was a formidable naval weapon during World War II, but it wasn't very reliable. Ultimately, it only sank ...

An estimated 240,000 people were killed or went missing in the Battle of Okinawa during World War II. Eighty years later, the scars remain, allowing visitors to get up close and touch history.

Japanese scientists using an improved method of analysis recently identified a third set of remains as likely those of an ...

That number includes as many as 100,000 civilians, 110,000 Japanese troops and Okinawa conscripts, and more than 12,000 American and allied troops, according to the National World War II Museum in ...

Soldiers from the US Army's 7th Infantry Division, take cover around the Tomori Stone Lion as they observe Japanese action on the ridge ahead during the World War II Battle of Okinawa. The statue ...

That number includes as many as 100,000 civilians, 110,000 Japanese troops and Okinawa conscripts, and more than 12,000 American and allied troops, according to the National World War II Museum in ...

NAHA -- "I had no choice but to stay silent." In Tomoko Oshiro's calm words, the deep loneliness of the past was unmistakable ...

That number includes as many as 100,000 civilians, 110,000 Japanese troops and Okinawa conscripts, and more than 12,000 American and allied troops, according to the National World War II Museum in ...

Okinawa marked the day when one of the harshest battles of World War II fought on the southern island ended 80 years ago. In the face of growing global tensions, ...

His World War II service included involvement in the invasion of Okinawa in Japan. The last major battle of the war, it took place 76 years ago, on April 1, 1945.