PBS

U.S. History Documentaries About World War 2 and the Making of the Atom Bomb

The United States began developing the atom bomb in military effort called the Manhattan Project. The race to create this weapon kicked off after three chemists in Berlin, 1938, split a uranium atom ...
Hosted on MSN

This Day in History: Japan surrenders, ending World War II

HARRISONBURG, Va. (WHSV) - Eighty years ago today on Sept. 2, 1945, Japan formally surrendered to the Allied Powers, bringing an end to World War II. The signing ceremony was held on the deck of USS ...
Foreign Affairs

We Are Still Fighting World War II

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 ...
The New York Times

China, Japan and a New Narrative About World War II

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 ...