More than 14 U.S. Army and Marine divisions never landed on X-Day of Operation Downfall, the planned invasion of Japan to end ...

President Donald Trump praised General Douglas MacArthur's role in drafting Japan's constitution, drawing parallels to ...

NORFOLK, Va. — A new exhibit on the U.S. occupation of Japan after World War II opens Aug. 23 at the MacArthur Memorial, paired with a special lecture series on the war’s final weeks in the Pacific.

"We hope we have acted in the cause of peace -- there is no other reason for the action we have taken," said Truman. That was how the cold war (which was neither cold nor war) ended. What was this new ...

Unexpectedly, Gen. Douglas MacArthur, head of the occupying forces in postwar Japan, was met with abundant respect there. In fact, respect is one of the milder attitudes and emotions in evidence in ...

In “Judgment at Tokyo,” the political scholar Gary J. Bass examines the post-World War II prosecution of Japanese military atrocities and makes the case for the real efficacy of international law. By ...

War's end -- The old Japan -- The new Japan -- Occupation diplomat -- The United States job -- Working with Macarthur -- Allied council for Japan -- War crimes trials -- Korean war -- Dismissal of ...

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