Hiroo Onoda (Japanese: 小野田 寛郎, Hepburn: Onoda Hiroo, 19 March 1922 – 16 January 2014) was a Japanese soldier who served as a second lieutenant in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.

Japan participated in World War II from 1939 to 1945 as a member of the Axis. World War II and the Second Sino-Japanese War encapsulate a significant period in the history of the Empire of Japan, marked by significant military campaigns and …

Japanese holdouts (Japanese: 残留日本兵, romanized:zanryū nipponhei, lit. 'remaining Japanese soldiers') were soldiers of the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) and Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during the Pacific Theatre of World War II who continued fighting after the surrender of Japan at the end of the war.

Apr 13, 2022 · Teruo Nakamura, a Taiwanese-Japanese soldier, endured 29 years in the jungle after the end of World War Two, on Morotai, in present-day Indonesia. And Shoichi Yokoi remained hidden in the Guam...

Deep in the dense jungles of Lubang Island, a lone Japanese soldier clung to his orders, unaware that World War II had ended nearly three decades earlier. Hiroo Onoda continued his fight, steadfast in a war that for the rest of the world was long over.

Jan 21, 2022 · The Japanese WWII Soldier Who Refused to Surrender for 27 Years Unable to bear the shame of being captured as a prisoner of war, Shoichi Yokoi hid in the jungles of Guam until January 1972

Feb 11, 2025 · Hiroo Onoda is one of the most extraordinary figures in modern military history. A Japanese intelligence officer, Onoda remained in hiding for nearly three decades after World War II had officially ended, refusing to surrender because he believed the war was still ongoing.

1 day ago · Japan - WWII, Defeat, Pacific: The European war presented the Japanese with tempting opportunities. After the Nazi attack on Russia in 1941, the Japanese were torn between German urgings to join the war against the Soviets and their natural inclination to seek richer prizes from the European colonial territories to the south.

Jan 1, 2022 · Hiroo Onoda was one of the last Japanese soldiers to stop fighting World War II — 29 years after the Imperial Japanese Army surrendered to the Allies aboard the U.S.S. Missouri on September 2, 1945.

Jan 17, 2014 · A Japanese soldier who refused to surrender after World War Two ended and spent 29 years in the jungle dies aged 91 in Tokyo.