In the summer of 1945, the Japanese had almost seven million troops remaining and were not nearly ready to quit.
History
May 8 marks the 75th anniversary of the official end of the war against Nazi Germany. In 1945, the Allied powers accepted unconditional surrender from representatives of Adm. Karl Dönitz, the hand-picked new leader of Germany upon the April 30 suicide of Adolf Hitler. “Our ...
The legendary North Vietnamese leaders stood tall—especially in the perception of their U.S. opponents.
Whatever It Took
A U.S. Air Force Honor Guard conducts a burial ceremony for former USAF Chief Master Sgt. Andrew W. Johnson at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, on April 6, 2020.
A U.S. Air Force B-1 Lancer assigned to Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., and F-16 Fighting Falcons assigned to Misawa Air Base, Japan, conduct bilateral joint training with Japan Air Self-Defense Force F-2s off the coast of northern Japan, April...
Senior Airman Michael Dean, 55th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, stands in front of an aircraft after completing scheduled maintenance while wearing a protective cloth mask April 8, 2020.
The U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels, and U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron, the Thunderbirds, honor frontline COVID-19 first responders and essential workers with formation flights over New York City, New Jersey and Philadelphia on April 28,...
Although the Air Force is slated to send a cohort of 60 recruits to Keesler AFB, Miss., for Basic Military Training as early as April 7, the new coronavirus pandemic wasn't the first outbreak to prompt USAF to hold BMT outside of Lackland Air Force ...