He Fengshan, known as the "Oskar Schindler of China," a diplomat who, while serving as the Chinese Consul General in Vienna from 1938 to 1940, saved the lives of thousands of Jews by giving them visas and helping them shelter in Shanghai as they escaped Nazi persecution during World War II.
China's State Archives Administration plans to release videos documenting the suffering of sex slaves at the hands of the Japanese military over 70 years ago.
The ceremony for Japan's surrender in China Theater was held in the auditorium of the Central Military Academy in Nanjing on September 9, 1945.
The International Military Tribunal for the Far East (IMTFE), established by the Allies after World War II, started trying 28 Japanese military and government officials for war crimes in Tokyo on May 3, 1946.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe mentioned the "deep remorse" of previous governments for Japan's wartime aggression in a statement to mark the 70th anniversary of the country's World War II defeat.
A documentary and a book in Chinese recounting the exploits of a US fighter pilot who parachuted to safety in Hong Kong after shooting down a Japanese warplane during World War II will ensure that his heroic deeds are not lost to posterity.
Overseas Chinese played a significant role in the victory in the world's anti-Fascist war by becoming a formidable resistance force. More than 13,000 Chinese were in the United States Army during World War II, accounting for more than a fifth of the total number of male overseas Chinese in the US. Let's have a look at some of the efforts and contributions made by overseas Chinese.
Former Filipino comfort women, their children and grandchildren staged a protest in front of the Embassy of Japan in the Philippines on Friday, demanding recognition and compensation from the Japanese government for sexual slavery its soldiers committed in World War II.
Flying Tigers is a symbol of hard work between China and the United States to accomplish an important objective:Prevailing in WWII. It's important to remember that, said the United States Ambassador Max Baucus on Thursday.
The Chinese and American peoples established a deep friendship when fighting life-and-death battles against Japanese aggression in China 70 years ago, which should be remembered and passed on, Luo Linquan, Chinese consul general in San Francisco, told China Daily in an interview on Thursday.
When the Japanese Emperor Hirohito announced Japan's unconditional surrender at the end of World War II, 16-year-old Mitsuru Mita was under training as a suicide attacker in a navy base and was ready to be sent to the battlefield at any time with many of his companions.
"Comfort women" is the Japanese euphemism for women who were forced into prostitution and sexually abused at Japanese military brothels before and during World War Two.
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