John Eskdale was onboard HMS Charybdis, which sank in the English Channel in 1943, after being hit by German torpedoes. He grew tearful as he recalled those hanging on to the ship drowning, which he ...

A service will be held at Dewsbury Minster this weekend to mark the 80th anniversary of VJ Day (Victory over Japan Day) and ...

Thousands of love letters exchanged by a couple separated during World War Two have been published to mark the 80th ...

VJ Day war veterans were today being honoured at a memorial event attended by the King at The National Memorial Arboretum in ...

VJ Day is commemorated on 15 August each year, and marks the date in 1945 when Japan surrendered to the Allied Forces, ending ...

Blackpool Tower will be among hundreds of landmarks across the country lit up to mark the 80th anniversary of Victory over ...

"People would not believe what it was like. I was only 20, and you were dodging bullets all the time. Everyone was frightened ...

A World War Two special forces veteran says a service to mark the 80th anniversary of Victory over Japan Day will be "a ...

It was one of the most historic days in world history - and all this was happening in Sunderland on the very day that peace returned in 1945.

Today marks eighty years since VJ Day - Victory over Japan Day - when Japan surrendered and World War Two ended. Post-war, twelve thousand New Zealand troops went to Japan to 'de-militarise' the ...

For Victory over Japan Day, Sky's Events Commentator Alastair Bruce unveils the stories of the 'Forgotten Army' who fought in ...

Panelists Staff Sgt. David Bellavia and former Army Capt. Jeremy Hunt discuss the 80th anniversary of Victory over Japan Day ...