#Hiroo Onoda

Author: Matt Davis / Source: Big Think Japan may have surrendered to the Allies on August 15, 1945, but many Japanese soldiers did not get word until much later. The culture of death before surrender that permeated the Japanese military caused many to continue to fight even after Japan’s formal

Source: Futility Closet When American forces overran the Philippine island of Lubang in 1945, Japanese intelligence officer Hiroo Onoda withdrew into the mountains to wait for reinforcements. He was still waiting 29 years later. In this week’s episode of the Futility Closet podcast we’ll meet the