For Japanese veteran Kobayashi Kancho, the day when he was captured by the Chinese army 74 years ago marked a new chapter of his life.
For Japanese veteran Kobayashi Kancho, the day when he was captured by the Chinese army 74 years ago marked a new chapter of his life.
The Anti-Japanese Amalgamated Army of the Northeast returned to China after being trained in the Soviet Union since 1940 to support the Soviet army’s march into China's northeast and fight against the Japanese Kwantung Army.
The famous Normandy landing in northern France on June 6, 1944 by the Allies was only made possible with the innovation of Chinese engineer Ye Shaoyin, who improved a vacuum tube used for surface-to-air communication that helped coordinate the landing.
Chinese residents helped the American pilots selflessly after realizing they were friends, not enemies and left many moving stories worth telling.
Seventy years on, only a handful of Chinese combatants are still alive, and although most are now age 90 or older, their memories of the conflict are still vivid.
China announces a one-off allowance of $790 to be paid to the war veterans ahead of the 70th anniversary of the end of the WWII.
The remains of a United States army C-87 transport airplane that crashed in Tibet 71 years ago will be collected for display by one of China's largest private museums.
In November 1941, 2,000 young Canadian soldiers crossed the Pacific Ocean and landed in Hong Kong to fight the Japanese army, which was occupying the then-British Crown Colony. More than 500 of them never returned home.
As a youngster 77 years ago, Xiao Jianghe led a group of children who patrolled major roads into his village to ensure the security of the well-known Eighth Route Army, a crucial force in the fight against the aggression of Japanese troops in North China.
China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi says the world is waiting for Japan's reaction as the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II nears.
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