WWI economic challenges, like the Treaty of Versailles and the Great Depression, laid the groundwork for World War II.

Japan occupied all or part of over 20 countries during World War II. The U.S. and its allies liberated many of the Pacific Islands in hard-fought naval and amphibious battles before ending the war ...

History is seldom tidy. Eras overlap and unfinished business from one period lingers into the next. World War II was a war like no other in the magnitude of its effects on the lives of people and the ...

Mr. Lipavský is the foreign minister of the Czech Republic. Mr. Tsahkna is the foreign minister of Estonia. Ms. Braže is the foreign minister of Latvia. Mr. Budrys is the foreign minister of Lithuania ...

Arguments about history are proliferating as the postwar order led by the United States crumbles. By Katrin Bennhold I’m the host of The World. In September, China held a military parade to ...

The year 2025 marks the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. In Japan, there has been much talk about the 80th anniversary of its defeat and end of the war, while in China the 80th anniversary ...

As Imperial Japanese soldiers scour the streets, a group of civilians in the eastern Chinese city of Nanjing seek refuge in a small photography studio. Developing photographs taken throughout the city ...