August 15th is the anniversary of the 1945 surrender of Japan during World War II, known as VJ Day. Saturday, on C-SPAN 2, American History TV will air several programs on the war in the Pacific including veteran interviews, newsreels, and book talks. Here's a preview. Watch it all starting at 4:15pm ET. | American History TV

What did #China do during World War II? Let me tell you what happened in the Eastern theater of the #WWII The Japanese fascist forces’ goal was to first take up China for the vast land and resources, and then attack the Soviet Union from the Eastern side when German fascists attacked it from the Western side, so these fascist forces could meet up in West Asia and continue to conquer more places. They also planned to march south and annex more countries in Southeast Asia and the Pacific. But the