Japan refused to surrender?

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

Since 1940 Japan had been devoid of civilian politicians as the parties had been dissolved by the militaristic Imperial Rule Assistance Association, led by Lt General Hideki Tojo. Over the intervening

Today, every one of the crew members who carried out the bombings on Hiroshima and Nagasaki is dead. As the 80th anniversary of the attacks approaches, Stephen Walker, one of the last writers to interview them, revisits what they told him

As host of the most American troops outside the United States, Japan is preparing itself amid fears of conflict between the U.S. and China

How the top-secret Manhattan Project saw the invention of the atomic bomb, which culminated in the end of one war and the beginning of another

Ahead of the publication of an ambitious new account of the historical roots of Brexit, it is worth remembering ...