@history.unlimited: For almost 29 years after World War II ended, Imperial Japanese Army second lieutenant Hiroo Onoda carried out guerrilla warfare on Lubang Island in the Philippines, on several occasions engaging in shootouts with locals and the police. Onoda initially held out with three other soldiers: one surrendered in 1950, and two who were killed, one in 1954 and one in 1972. They did not believe flyers saying that the war was over. Onoda was contacted in 1974 by a Japanese explorer, but still refused to surrender until he was relieved of duty by his former commanding officer, Major Yoshimi Taniguchi, who flew from Japan to Lubang to issue the order. Onoda surrendered on March 10, 1974 and received a hero’s welcome when he returned to Japan. For most of his lonely war, Onoda served alongside fellow Japanese soldier Kinshichi Kozuka, but Kozuka fell in 1972 when he was shot by the local Filipino police. While back home in Japan, he wrote a bestselling memoir, married and lived quietly until he died at age 91 in 2014. Onoda was not the last holdout however as is commonly believed. The last known Japanese soldier to emerge from the jungle was private Teruo Nakamura. He was found by the Indonesian armed forces on Moratai Island and surrendered on December 18, 1974. He died however a few years later. ℹ️ BBC, Britannica, History.com, Military.com, Wikipedia 🎥 film editing credit @_m_history_ on TikTok #History #ww2 #worldwar2 #pacificwar #imperialjapan #imperialjapanesearmy #japanese #hirooonada #holdout #reels #fyp

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