‘flashes of rage, terror, elation, relief and amazement’

At the climax of fighting in the Pacific, the USA revealed its ultimate weapon and ushered in a new era of warfare

Although war with Germany’s ally Japan was thought likely, and its ambitions of seizing natural resources it lacked were well known, the surprise air attack on the US Navy’s base at Pearl Harbor on Oa

To commemorate 80 years since the Second World War, History of War will be taking a look at some of the key events taking place during each month of the conflict

In the final month of WWII, the Red Army launched a devastating strike into Manchuria, opening a new front with Japan and threatening invasion of the Home Islands

The devastating attack on Japan’s capital set a terrible new precedent for aerial mass destruction

At the end of WWII the Japanese Imperial Army Air Force was conscripted into the Royal Air Force in Southeast Asia