UNLOCKED: The Japanese Holdouts of WWII
WWII officially ended on September 2, 1945. It went on a lot longer for some people. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-japanese-wwii-soldier-who-refused-to-surrender-for-27-years-180979431/ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/may/28/secondworldwar.japan https://archive.today/20130717075553/http://newspaperarchive.com/pacific-stars-and-stripes/1949-01-10/page-5?tag=kufuku&rtserp=tags/kufuku%3Fndt=by&py=1949&pey=1951 "Straggler Reports to Emperor", Pacific Stars and Stripes, p. 1, June 8, 1960 https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1368&dat=19800405&id=J3pQAAAAIBAJ&pg=6758,842754