Japanese Jungle Holdouts – The Soldiers That Ignored VJ Day

This week is the 80th anniversary of VJ-Day, Victory Over Japan. However, although the majority of Japan’s armed forces surrendered on 15th August 1945, many small groups and individuals did not. Incredibly, the last recorded Japanese holdout only surrendered in 1974, an astounding 29 years after the end of WWII! Here are the most notorious examples.

Credit to : Mark Felton Productions

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