Had Franklin Roosevelt achieved his dream of touring ... on Nagasaki. Emperor Hirohito secretly decided to “bear the unbearable” and meet the Allies’ demand for unconditional surrender.

Again, Germany — this time led by Chancellor Adolf Hitler — allied with Japanese Emperor Hirohito to provoke a new war. This led to an alliance of US President Franklin Roosevelt, Soviet General ...

Bugs Bunny helped form the sardonic attitude of the GIs who went off to fight Hitler, Mussolini, and Hirohito ... loa of Haitian voodoo. Franklin’s teacher at Roosevelt was St. Clair Drake ...

Douglas MacArthur closed in on the home islands of Emperor Hirohito and his subjects ... and stories and photographs of truly big news – the deaths of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Benito Mussolini, and ...

Vanderbilt University history professor Nicole Hemmer talked about the emergence of the concept of a 'first 100 days' of a presidential term during the early months of Franklin Roosevelt's presidency.

Emperor Hirohito, in his 1945 surrender address ... We might also think about this violence prerogative as the “Fifth Freedom,” the one Franklin D. Roosevelt forgot to mention when he laid out his ...

February 4-11: Yalta Conference With Germany nearing defeat, Allied leaders Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin, and Franklin D. Roosevelt meet in Yalta ... people and force Japan to surrender. Emperor ...

Franklin D. Roosevelt had many Christmas traditions he took part in with his family and White House staff during his time in office. Roosevelt was born in 1882 in Hyde Park, New York, a place he ...

The TV miniseries Atlantic Crossing presents a surprising and little-known story to American audiences. But how much should we read into the portrayal of FDR and Martha’s relationship?

Saturday marks the 83rd anniversary of the attack, which then-President Franklin D. Roosevelt called "a date ... Japan's Emperor Hirohito announced the nation's unconditional surrender.

During World War II, History.com scholars say Japanese Emperor Hirohito played a pivotal ... On Dec. 8, 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaimed Dec. 7, 1941, “a date which will live ...