The WWII Japanese Soldier Who Didn’t Surrender Until 1974

[@Simplehistory]

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[@icecoldmeat4046]

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[@azulafan1512]

Where is The Video about Battle of El Alamein, Im Waiting for A Looooong Time

[@ram61504]

Simple History I've seen history channels colab before like extra credits and alternate history hub suibhne and feature history, and alternate history hub emperor tiger star and step back history on podcasts (only the last three channels mentioned do podcasts) so could you do one with one of them or the info graphics show?:)

[@ram61504]

Simple History I think it would be pretty cool!!

[@jasonspreyer6009]

Simple History you need to do the Belgian army of ww1 faction

[@MementoMori1001]

sees children playing in the rice field. Onoda: smaller soldiers...

[@elmundo2220]

xddd

[@777Plushy]

Onoda: *Sees Anyone* You Must Die For Breathing, That Is A War Crime. Me: Someone Get This Man Some Medicine & Psychiatric Help. & Perhaps Some Marijuana & Anime Desu-$#!t

[@lesmiz11]

O-o

[@mrmr_zoomie]

Lmao

[@MementoMori1001]

@@lesmiz11 ang ganda nyo po

[@IronSquid501]

"I am very competitive" That's one way of saying it, you fought a 6 year war for 35 years

[@DZ-1987]

I'd call it tenacity. Or stubbornness. Mm... Stubbornness. An odd word, based on the spelling.

[@jakebautista1390]

Correction 29 or 30 years.

[@FreeStuffPlease]

I am very paranoid. Is more like it. There was multiple clues that the war was over.. including legitimate notes drop from a plane.

[@stev6963]

More like “I am a very clueless schmuck.”

[@levi_athon9648]

Wildfires:yes...I shall Finish this mission

[@A_annoying_rodent]

Loyalty: 10/10. Determination: 15/10. Gather intelligence/informations: 0/10.

[@HellDoggyjr]

His first mandate loyalty, just overrides all his other orders it seems.

[@Lukas0901]

Lol

[@Jroa29]

MERCY-0

[@tubemarionelh.4079]

XDD TRUE.

[@Gillan1220]

More like Determination: 9999/10

[@miked1765]

This guy did not surrender. He was relieved from duty and went home.

[@herrdoctor2895]

He did not surrender. He took Vacation days from his work.

[@usynnstradler]

@johnmann they understand suicide though

[@capncake8837]

usynn stradler Indeed.

[@fromthe772]

Well he kinda did surrender when the Americans came to island and they ran away, then he did nothing for decades but kill innocent people, relieved from “duty” more like he was relieved from being a homeless murderer.

[@aimaimaimmiamiamia6890]

@@fromthe772 being routed doesn't mean you surrender

[@yummyyuuma]

His commanding officer be like, "oh yeah I forgot to come back for that one guy I left on that island" 30 years later.

[@txttxt7482]

sat down watching tv 30 years later and it clicks you forgot to tell him lol.

[@mr.exodus3844]

@@txttxt7482His wife " hey honey look something's on the TV!" * walks over to TV* "Oh fucking rice balls I knew I forgot something!"

[@HarrisonJBounel]

I'll go tell him right now, right after I take a nap.

[@DZ-1987]

"Oh. Yabbe." ~His words when he realized.

[@HarrisonJBounel]

Probably went back to look for his favorite ball point pen he lost and bumped into him. (Hey, I forgot all about telling you! By the way have you seen my pen?)

[@jc441-i3q]

Some say there's an elderly Australian still fighting the Emu war...

[@dagang1092]

JPaul C The emus still won.

[@neonicplays1364]

The emus called in artillery support in the form of kangaroos

[@estradaaaronjans.7084]

@@neonicplays1364 And spies in the form of snakes and spiders

[@neonicplays1364]

@@estradaaaronjans.7084 yeah boi

[@markcusgo6175]

And that Australian is the camera man

[@darkcrusher-jt1dr]

This is why video games have a countdown time. So you dont have people hiding in the woods years after the objective is complete.

[@pqbdwmnu]

Thanks for the fun fact

[@mattimman1978]

Thats why pubg has a blue zone for all those campers like this onota guy

[@nativeoutlaw3181]

Hahaha XD

[@patrickneil7820]

red dead redemption 2 im guessing?

[@johnpederson5873]

Well you sir haven’t played dayz

[@RedesCat]

His officer forgot for 30 years then one night in bed he's like 😮

[@RoeJog4n]

RedesCat most underrated comment

[@abdullahkazahi9829]

LOOOL !!!!!

[@cart1sluvr]

Lmaoooo

[@rockgod6180]

He probably thought he was dead...or he forgot

[@yummydummy6550]

@@rockgod6180 It was a joke.

[@carlodelacruz8161]

Im from Lubang. The cave he used to live at was named after him. Onoda cave. One of the tourist spot at Lubang.

[@eduardolima3990]

O visited his farm on Brazil, a Very large one :v

[@zawarudo271]

Bro, Pupunta ako doon, Sa ibang araw

[@blackmask1937]

I have a question? Is Lubang means Hole?

[@joycorpus4124]

@@blackmask1937 Lubang is a name of a island

[@blackmask1937]

@@joycorpus4124 yeaa In my Country Lubang is mean hole I wonder if there is similarities between Tagalog and Indonesian Language

[@et3747]

Imagine spending almost 3 decades in a foreign jungle, unaware that the war ended year prior. What a guy

[@Santiago-xw7dk]

Talking to only three other people and spending two years by yourself

[@archravenineteenseventeen]

early version of NEET

[@LordVader1094]

et 37 And killing/stealing from local villagers to survive.

[@cgarc131]

et 37 it sounds like a twilight zone episode

[@racermigs1]

If there's anything undeniable impressive of him, it's his survival skills. He would probably survive the apocalypse.

[@PassTheSnails]

Lmao his commanding officer woke up one night decades later in a cold sweat “OH NO i forgot about that one guy!!”

[@ghoul8375]

Then comes back to find out he’s killed over 30 innocent ppl in his so called mission this dude has to be bout the biggest dumbass in the world

[@tomi9562]

@@ghoul8375 well he never got information that japan had surrendered-_-

[@gamingtime305]

He actually was the owner of a bookstore when the journalist/adventurer found him and told him of Oonda still living

[@momotaro__]

But srsly tho...how did they think that it's still a propaganda although the search party have send pictures of their family..

[@gamingtime305]

Momo Taro because they could have thought the allies caught their family? when it comes down to it Oonda was essentially brainwashed.

[@mrmr_zoomie]

“I think I forgot something.” “If you forgot it, it wasn’t important.” “Yeah you’re probably right.”

[@rangeddoom9960]

Hiroo Ononda sits there with a basketball crying in the rain 😂

[@flamecharge8019]

Alright Continue shooting

[@flytie3861]

Nooooo

[@whitezombie10]

people always tell me that

[@angelofthedeath2433]

Onoda sit on his cave under the rain

[@allenmckinney9533]

His uniform lasted that long but I can't get a pair of jeans to last a year.

[@engihere5434]

Wtf type of jeans u buying?

[@_MaZTeR_]

I'm not sure what's your definition of "lasting long", but if I remember correctly, this guy had to repair his clothes with whatever he could find and it still wasn't enough.

[@frijidmeatwad5253]

Made in Japan vs made in Mexico

[@tHeInEvItAbLePaRtY]

Ever considered a career change to one that doesn't involve getting on your knees so often?

[@DZ-1987]

To answer your question, sir Engi. Tattered.

[@arisart22]

He also came back to Lubang island and built schools and apologized to the locals.

[@dariusbautistachopper]

Talaga? Weh!?

[@arisart22]

darius bautista Probably a long time ago when he was still alive. My coworker is from Lubang. He's the one who told me.

[@youbitch4295]

arisart22 that's true, he apologised and donated a school there..

[@parkermaisterra8532]

Makes sense, can't even imagine the guilt he must have felt knowing that those "disguised allied soldiers" really were just innocent civilians.

[@frankjesusd]

must've sucked for everyone there

[@racermigs1]

Technically speaking, he didn't surrender at all. He was ordered to stand down by his commanding officer.

[@eveei]

he had to surrender his weapons and equipment

[@racermigs1]

True. But according to his autobiography, his commander met him in the jungles wearing his uniform, and read an "official order from the imperial japanese emperor" that "all units stationed on Lubang are to cease fighting". So, yeah. In that exact moment it technically isn't a surrender.

[@bigironenthusiast9343]

J.M. Mencias which led to the same result as a surrender.

[@klaust3307]

The technical difference between standing down and surrendering would have meant quite a lot to someone with his mentality and background.

[@itsres384]

stephan m He handed it down to the Philippine gov't, through President Marcos.

[@spaceshuttledoorgunner125]

Had the honor to meet him and his wife in Tokyo a few years before his passing. It was one of the only moments in my life that I spoke to history. When he said I left a Kimono Japan and came back to Jeans Japan, he was really shocked by the change of culture. May he rest in peace.

[@proximitive3872]

Jeans japan xDss

[@iloveyoushima]

He killed unarmed children.

[@yujinishii7185]

His relative were teaching at Juku to my daughter. We are all connected somehow. May he rest in peace

[@aryansingh2459]

Imagine this guy leaving a fascist and militaristic society and coming back to a land full of anime and hi tech Western civilisation. Talk about a culture shock.

[@Alv11269]

Japan was not fascist but ultra-nationalist, there are a few key differences. Just have a read for their former constitution.

[@rikzalmuhammad1731]

Ultra-nationalist for sure.

[@jackw8338]

In 1975 anime was just starting to get popular and was vastly different from what we have now. He would have been seeing stuff like Astro boy and other early mech shows (gundam still didn’t exist yet). None of the endless bland high school animes.

[@DZ-1987]

OI. I'll have you know, that Girls Und Panzer is a great anime. Exaggerated a bit, but mostly right. *GIANT CITY CARRIERS, DRIFTING AND TURBO TANKS*

[@ifrazali3052]

Western Civilization??? It is science and technology and has nothing to do with west

[@merubindono]

When your friends cancelled the party and forgot to tell you.

[@FrancisMarcosGaming]

me twice

[@HungryHelpings]

Fucking bastards.

[@Sora-tk1tv]

Tofu Kingpin lmaooo

[@ytnmavy3161]

Tofu Kingpin 😂😂😂😂

[@い妹かわい]

lmao start shooting everyone

[@Polpiv4tifish]

One heck of a movie could be made out of this

[@nickroe1]

Polpiv4tifish so true

[@Nugcon]

yep

[@dominicqcavezza4771]

Directed by steven speilberg

[@kf8113]

i think Shinya Tsukamoto did a film about this, actually.

[@Vizzer96]

There's an episode of Archer about it in around season 6 or 7 I believe

[@eltigueraso]

His “enemy” fought 2 wars by the time he found out it was over lmao

[@rajeshgeorge540]

LMFAOOOO!!!

[@KnowYourRole93]

And lost both

[@thunderbird1921]

@@KnowYourRole93 Korea was a moderate victory, pal. South Korea was saved, the main objective of the Korean War campaign was achieved. We stopped the Communists. Vietnam was a defeat, but Korea was NOT.

[@w1z4rd9]

@@KnowYourRole93 Korea was a stale.

[@БојанБјелић]

@@thunderbird1921 It's not victory, is stale.

[@xbaumann]

He was one committed soldier. I respect that aspect of him.

[@Just_Soufian]

he killed 30 civilianl bruh

[@altus2447]

Stefan Ryder Just because you might hate someone, doesn’t mean you can’t respect them or something they’ve done.

[@michaelholt1480]

Stefan Ryder yes he did kill 30 people but he didn't know the war was over

[@Just_Soufian]

I Respect Isis Too For Defending Their Believes O_O !! double standards hypocrite's .

[@johncook1885]

xbaumann how can you respect someone who murders civilians for no reason at all?

[@nerdsoft9964]

Next time: The Italian Soldier Who Didn't Switch Sides for 30 Minutes

[@linklgas1691]

lol

[@dingo1547]

We both know that is not possible.

[@francescolombardo6467]

The partigian or the fascist ?

[@graziavoto2064]

That proves how ignorant you are. After 8th september 1943 italian soldiers didn't know who were the enemies, some of them joined in partisan groups while other continued to fight with nazis in the RSI (Italian social republic: a Germany's puppet state led by Mussolini). Not all the italians switched side as you said, only the king Vittorio Emanuele III and the italian soldiers who were in the south

[@kunfang5604]

Grazia Voto chill he was joking

[@DLBBALL]

>Leaves honorobru Japan >Comes back to anime Japan I can see why he left.

[@ericward8459]

Dude Lmao Yeah, I can see how that would be a bit unsettling.

[@dragonsmith9502]

if you left a country made up of honor and determination and came back to fucking anime, suicide wouldn't be out of the question.

[@sonogamirinne7172]

Dude Lmao nice b8 =]]

[@seymourbrown4540]

Dude Lmao yup. Japan 100 years ago was WAAAAAAAAAAAY different than now

[@noobjo.mp4196]

this is his reaction when he returned kzbin.info/www/bejne/r5yaeneMr7Gch9E

[@not.arhaan9274]

Everyone: Japan surrendered you can leave the forest!! This guy: No, I don’t think I will.

[@bendover5105]

read it with old captain america voice

[@Gillan1220]

I’d imagine he was fighting policemen armed with M-14s and M16s while he continued using his Arisaka.

[@ValoTheBrute]

The police were mostly using pistols and old rifles

[@gammarays666]

Until today, the 1911 is a standard issue side arm to Philippine armed forces.

[@crazyeyes8962]

@@gammarays666 Even grease guns are still used by their military

[@omeee6064]

Im a Pilipino and Yes all of that about our Equipment problems are true it is because of colonization that happened one after another Spainiards, Japanese, Americans made our Country weak.

[@SoldierOfFate]

Wouldn't be surprised. WWII-era bolt action rifles are extremely reliable and are built to stand both the test of time and abuse.

[@mishkamee]

I wish girls were as loyal as this guy

[@chrishernandez5965]

master munguku true fam

[@notanonymous3976]

XD

[@gameexpert2011]

My man, your comment is what the world needs. Girls + Loyalty = Happiness

[@shaunwilliams3533]

I wish my "friends" were as loyal as him

[@bonebard6178]

I know right, every time i punch them for not doing what i say they always abandon me (I do not actually do this by the way)

[@chunkitychanka533]

Sees anime. Walks back into the forest

[@Ganyuuxshu]

anime is a masterpiece.

[@Ganyuuxshu]

@Rafael Montiel good troll m9

[@seantylerfermin4927]

@@Ganyuuxshu Anime is cancer

[@Ganyuuxshu]

@@seantylerfermin4927 nahh i don't care, i still love anime.

[@seantylerfermin4927]

@@Ganyuuxshu Nah, Anime is still cancer

[@davidtepes7173]

Girls:i CaNt WeAr ThE SaMe CloThEs FoR 1 DaY Boys:yeah,i can wear the same chlotes for 40 years

[@davidtepes7173]

@dinkleberg dingus i forgot about this comment but nice

[@davidtepes7173]

@Jason Rasmussen It is a joke lol

[@ParseeAikoku]

I really dislike this joke its make feel like racist gender

[@firstescobar6863]

@@ParseeAikoku racism against women?

[@ParseeAikoku]

@@firstescobar6863 anybody i don't like

[@64maxpower]

Wouldn't you think after maybe 20 years he'd ask himself I wonder how those guys are doing over on the mainland?

[@TheMento98]

With Steel dedication like that? Nah.

[@lol70721]

he went insane on the island. So its no wonder he didnt came to his senses and see that he was over reacting to everything with his paranoia

[@MrX-xo3fb]

"I am very competitive" that's an understatement my guy 😂

[@equarg]

This soldier only passed away a few years ago. He lived to his 90's. He lived an died a fighter. RIP sir.

[@unclebillybob1359]

KILLS 30 INNOCENT PEOPLE

[@adam_clown]

Uncle Billy Bob He didn’t do it for fun. He was trained for Guerrilla Warfare and was ordered to harass the “enemy” until he was ordered to Stop. That’s exactly what he did and this is coming from a Filipino.

[@alejocmoralesjr.1057]

He’s no Sir of my

[@spinyslasher6586]

Uncle Billy Bob which like almost every war veteran did.

[@Greenierw]

And his country gets nuked

[@rudysmith1445]

Guys, if you look up Hiroo Onoda, you'll learn two things: A: He was not the last Japanese soldier to stop fighting, but in fact the penultimate holdout. B: There were quite a few hold-outs that survived and surrendered much later than the war.

[@jgc4818]

Rudy Smith I’ve often wondered if there were any that fought into the 80’s or 90’s and just died out there alone, it’s quite a terrifying thought.

[@noboty4168]

I know this is months old, but do you have more info about these?

[@Trillioons]

Li Shengshun same

[@Ultimaton100]

Actually, Hirō Onoda was the second-longest of the Japanese holdouts. Only Tureo Nakamura, who was captured a few months later in Indonesia on December 18th, 1974 held out longer.

[@suzukirider9030]

@@Ultimaton100 ...that we know of

[@trapezeable]

So he missed 4 years of the seventies? what a lucky guy

[@forslavjo]

Moon Gazer he missed the better half of that decade...

[@advaitiyer13]

Why can you Explain

[@omar-ew6rf]

Advait Iyer look up the history of the 70s fam lol you learned about it in High School unless you’re not there yet

[@advaitiyer13]

sad boy omar Are you talking about the Vietnam war because I know History and I have passed my high school and I am studying in Jr College

[@timmmahhhh]

His partner in the rice field gave a new meaning to Disco Inferno.

[@Simplehistory]

What do you think of Hiroo Onoda and his fellow soldiers? Could they have reasoned that the war was long over?

[@General-F]

Simple History I say that guy must not heard the bomb I wonder why.

[@HMSHOOD1920]

Simple History no.

[@offchance789]

Two things I learned, the first is people always believe they're more special than they really are, and second Onodo lived with more meaning and purpose until 1974 that few of us will ever achieve.

[@mr.borkborkrandom3412]

Simple History I cant blame then I would have done the same

[@mr.borkborkrandom3412]

Nature Boy maybe

[@MustacheCashStash125]

When your friends cancel the party and forget to tell you.

[@insertobject4002]

Stolen joke

[@Im_Marco]

[insert object] Ok if u say that Stolen reply

[@melvinhotdogman6926]

@@insertobject4002 stolen reply

[@stupidumbasshithead5715]

Copied

[@Wolf_3125]

@@insertobject4002 Peppridge Farm remembers

[@Ratkill]

"I am very competitive" Yes, yes you are

[@herrdoctor2895]

He plays CSGO for years but still don't reach Global Elite.

[@xeraphyx7903]

@@herrdoctor2895 underrated reference

[@kpc420_]

Everyone was in 1974 mean while this guy still in 1945

[@Simplehistory]

Blast from the past

[@kpc420_]

Damn that’s a fast reply

[@sunnyreactionsedits4300]

Simple History Pin my comment pls :)

[@tlshortyshorty5810]

It's like the first Jumanji, but it's real. Japanese Robin Williams?

[@Gillan1220]

Guess he never saw an M16, an F-4, and a UH-1 Huey

[@basic7756]

This guy makes history fun

[@idjdjdjrr3706]

basic I know

[@x4kua]

it’s true, I found the account yesterday and just been watching so much.

[@ad0b071]

Killing 30 civilians?

[@DiscoDumpTruck]

DoomyDragon55 Hopefully he means the narrator.

[@jacobb.9181]

History is always fun, depending on how you learn and what you're learning

[@sionmarak1916]

HIDE AND SEEK CHAMPION

[@minesheep2867]

NO ITS BIG FOOT AND YETTI

[@LegendKingY2j]

Jeremy Mondejar he didn't surrender idiot lol, he was dismissed

[@watermelon4890]

That honour belongs to Poland from 1939-1989

[@FloydSchooledCanelo]

Ha

[@JakobyOndra]

Winner is anne frank xd

[@sammydelorenzi]

*Kills 30 innocent people* Philippine government: You were delusional, so I’ll let that one slide

[@drianmortiz9375]

The Philippine government has intervene in the case of that japanese straggler onoda, so he never put on trial for the atrocities that he have done, killing those innocent civilians because he assume that they where possibly american informers, if the local people in that town has given a chance to file a charge against him, perhaps he have been sentence for the killings of those innocent people.

[@denelloangelo]

@@drianmortiz9375 ye its actually understandable because he thought that the war is still carrying on

[@lordhosseinlh]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@RandomGuy-ej9gr]

Unbelievable how he wasn’t trialed. Complete psycho and fanatically devoted to his order.

[@RandomGuy-ej9gr]

denello angelo that’s not a fucking excuse, being so blind you can’t see the war has ended

[@Ms_Vylet]

Imagine how confused he was when he came back "wuh where did the sun beams go" *picks up an assault rifle* "Woah cool"

[@Thegreat-vx2lk]

Captain John *sees anime* wat is this girlish cartoon?

[@Ms_Vylet]

LOL

[@AleF202]

Farul Ikhwan *Sees American businesses and brands everywhere* I have the urge to commit seppuku now.

[@GusCraft460]

Farul Ikhwan Nani?

[@loonloon6860]

They have real soul in it they just don't know when it rest

[@ww2soldier87]

This is the best history channel ever! Awesome simple history

[@Doge-rw6ht]

Imagine leaving Imperial Japan and coming back to Anime Japan...

[@akiko2plays190]

ikr

[@amouseplottingworlddominat8679]

Gots to be rough.

[@drawesome0204]

Thats why he left for Brazil

[@dimas3829]

anime was invented as propaganda tool exactly at the time of Imperial Japan you uneducated Doge.

[@dontquestiongreatness7150]

Hentai tentacles was too extreme

[@hmshood9212]

It’s a testament to how well made the Arisaka rifles were that it lasted almost thirty years.

[@jakekaywell5972]

Facts. Despite being horrendously outdated by late WWII, the Type 38 and Type 99 Arisaka were high quality pieces. I once read a piece of long-since declassified Army intelligence that stated that Arisaka rifles had not only the best accuracy out of all other nation's bolt-action rifles tested, but that the bolts themselves were ridiculously strong.

[@capncake8837]

I’m sure that he also maintained it rigorously.

[@dinkinthepink882]

His job was an intelligence officer, yet he never found out about the war ending. INTELLIGENCE OUT OF 10

[@michealkasey2292]

He was smart, just that he was extremely stubborn.

[@michealkasey2292]

It clearly said he thought it was just propaganda to lure them out. He didn't know about the atomic bombs that landed on Japan and his superiors never came back and so it's understandable as to why he was so stubborn.

[@viysnjor4811]

It's easy to make fun of him for that when you have the internet now, go get lost in the jungle on some isolated island with no form of communication and try to keep up with world news.

[@kpmh2001]

The reason he was suspicious was that he knew the allies were feverishly good at deception

[@justjocin]

*INTELLIGENCE 100*

[@rohanjindal5945]

And that ladies is why you need a safe word

[@deltaactual3368]

Rohan Jindal 😂😂😂😂😂

[@kbvdsubscribe8846]

*world

[@lullebulle2]

dude i could not complain if my girl had this kind of commitment.

[@isakkallberg1747]

KBVD Playz word*

[@rohanjindal5945]

Isak Källberg lol

[@MrEvanfriend]

He was an enemy to be certain. But an enemy who showed personal heroism, and one that I can respect. I'm a former US Marine - the Japanese were the hardest enemy the Corps has ever faced. And if I'd seen Lt. Onoda before he died, I would give him a salute. He may have deluded himself past any rational point, but he was a hard man to be certain, and he deserves some respect for that.

[@AmishGangsterWith_a_Hellcat]

Amen.

[@markd523]

Fair

[@leikfroakies]

Bit backwards isn't it? Would you salute the 9/11 terrorists? They fought till the last

[@AmishGangsterWith_a_Hellcat]

@@leikfroakies r/woooosh

[@harryyuan8304]

@@AmishGangsterWith_a_Hellcat how is that a whoosh?

[@rizzgod-wj6ty]

Onoda: my country must have changed so much let's see what happened after 30 years *See's anime girl's screaming yamete oniichan* Onoda: forest was better

[@user-is3yn7xr4c]

Hentai is one of God's gift

[@nemesisstars7531]

Onada be like:bruh

[@ghjpkshdgtjdgvbzm]

i go to japan every year and i never heard that

[@formula1340]

Maybe that really is the reason why he'd gone to brazil

[@atr_g10]

Thats why he moved to brazil

[@dwarvenmoray]

God knows what that uniform smelt like

[@Jack-sf3yi]

THE GAMING ALIEN SNIPER your bois cologne

[@dissecti0n]

THE GAMING ALIEN SNIPER probably still smells better than you

[@thorzcunstellarfighter3724]

I guess he probably washed it in a river sometimes

[@prettyviolence]

Ross0706 smelled*

[@lln5996]

Pretty Violence I'm pretty sure he was right. Your correction changes nothing.

[@donaldbrotherstr7484]

Imagine fighting for your country with your life. Trying to play smart while also trying to survive a foreign forest. It's been a decade. Your team full of your gun buddies are dead and you are now alone. But your hope still remains. You stay on that mountain for 29 years without showering or eating proper food. Now think again before mocking this man, a true "soldier".

[@renzo00]

well he killed innocent civilians for food

[@LuizAlexPhoenix]

Pretty sure that isn't the meaning of a soldier. He wasn't a professional fighter serving the State, just a stubborn old man with too many issues, blades and guns.

[@Mr-Ad-196]

Renzo Flordelis he thought them as a allied soldier amazingly this video already explained it

[@Mr-Ad-196]

Luiz Alex Phoenix .......the video already explained it............

[@staryucheny6698]

MR AD so what? That still doesn’t make it okay.

[@jebronlames4559]

*The last guy alive in your squad*

[@Kaneyjan]

Evan Devin lol true

[@alilweeb7684]

the cod match that lasted 30 years

[@datsuna6585]

Hugo hugoturbo lol hahahahhah

[@iamkaleep]

xD

[@MiekuahProductions]

*Winner Winner Chicken Dinner*

[@danielcastillo591]

Japan: We surrender! This dude: Well yes, but actually no

[@smonyboy]

The irony of being an intelligence officer lol

[@flynn659]

well he did a good job as the intelligence came to him.

[@Timmering]

smonyboy ikr lol

[@BrettonFerguson]

He probably fed off of Big Brown Buffaloes.

[@nethanelmasters5170]

smonyboy. Like Al Gore was in Vietnam.

[@noobjo.mp4196]

Im @N inT3lLiGEncE 0fFiCeR *doesnt knew that the war has ended*

[@amphibious3381]

Reminds me of that flash back in family guy where George bush tried to go to Vietnam but was informed it was over "George the war is over.." "Get outta here, you serious?" "Yeah it's 1981" "Oh gee- oh wow, so I'm way late.."

[@clonecommanderbly7408]

Felipe Velasquez i remember that episode

[@firstlastnamehere4895]

lol u win the comment section

[@consicedisc6961]

This reminds,me of the origins characters like take,Dempsey nikolai richtofen

[@Luis_Facil]

Felipe Velasquez that was a episode from family guy whats it called?

[@Usushs]

consicedisc ᴛᴀɴᴋ

[@xyon9090]

*He's more loyal to his country* Compared to most relationships of today.

[@alsanderandciaran]

@Niko yes

[@juliusbeutler7090]

Oof, we got an incel

[@harryhazza2665]

@@juliusbeutler7090 true, true

[@vicenteescobedo7544]

@@juliusbeutler7090 facts

[@bingitybong6518]

Nationalism is harder to remove from your brain than trying to get out of a relationship with a wife that has 5 kids and 10 Grandchildren

[@cheryl9809]

How did he still have several rounds of ammo after all these years?

[@hiddentreasure2161]

The Fillipino police was short-supplied and still used old rifles so he probably captured ammo from skirmishes with the police

[@bluebatison1112]

He practiced "One shot, 1 kill."

[@HennessyRose]

he had 500 ruounds

[@oliviersavard8676]

Careful ammunition management and captured supplies, most likely. The 7.7 Arisaka wasn't rare during the war.

[@abhyudaysinghparmar6055]

He was given enough ammo to fight as much as 5 years of war against allied

[@jaywilliams9294]

Yeah well that's nothing I was sent outside the class once and would not come back in even when I was asked.....

[@notanonymous3976]

Jay Williams i wish i was that brave XD

[@jacksonpettit9423]

LMAOTE

[@rockgod6180]

Jay Williams Damn bro, you're such a badass. I would never wanna mess with you

[@Ark--fn8my]

so you're telling me the reason 30 innocent people die is because Onoda leaders didn't come? damn

[@freakrx2349]

FoJq Yx He had been hiding out for so long that he didn’t know that World War 2 already ended. The previous comments just stated that the reason for killing those civilians was because he thought those were Allied soldiers in disguised. The armed civilians and police officers sent to apprehend him only made him more paranoid.

[@auspiciouspotato3515]

Freakr X That's still 30 civilians.

[@enderdrone6432]

All hail lord Stoned Fox atleast it wasn’t over a hundred 😀

[@ericaugusto758]

Ehhhh Basically yes

[@xcalibrx1653]

All hail lord Stoned Fox he thought they were allied soldiers in disguise or Filipino guerrillas who he may had experience with during the war. You have to understand the Japanese military mindset back in the day where you trusted no one but your higher ups.

[@Me-wk7dz]

*Explorer tells commanding officer that he forgot to go back for Onoda after 30 years, resulting in the deaths of over 30 people.* "Woops."

[@carnoch]

This dude took Never Surrender To a whole new Level,

[@Proudmario]

Hiroo: I won't surrender! Japan: *makes anime* Hiroo: I SURRENDER!

[@habibibean3562]

*decides to go back camping in the woods*

[@Scazoid]

@@habibibean3562 japan then GIANT BATTLESHIPS japan now GIANT...you know

[@sooryan_1018]

@WithAStick AngryWhiteMan no. Flat is justice

[@sooryan_1018]

@Crusader No. 420 some sins are worth living for....

[@Avturbocor]

@@Scazoid bobs

[@A.H.goose1]

That moment when you wake up late for work

[@meroastisruined3039]

That Corporal Shimada guy probably died saying "I N E E D H E A L I N G"

[@akiko2plays190]

lol

[@meesguyy]

I have the ray gun bro

[@masternervin4987]

Then he must be Genji's father

[@smorkverify]

Ryujin No Ken Wo Kurae

[@paint4r]

NYU WAKA TEKI U KURAO

[@elijahking728]

so, technically ww2 ended in 1974?

[@sooryan_1018]

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@sujeetsinghgrewal4807]

It could also be that ww1 and WW2 are the same war with a. Ceasefire between them thus it may or may not have started from 1914 to 1974

[@islotiqq7451]

Nah.

[@ankletaker7990]

Actually, human history is just one big world war with just ceasefires in between.

[@oz4lex676]

God told me to come here and say: please dont start an argument chain or else im leaving you behind when i show you extraterrestrials

[@johnyricco1220]

What kind of intelligence officer can't figure out if the war is still on after 30 years?

[@racermigs1]

They were paranoid about being tricked and captured by Allied forces. With only 4 of them, who could they trust, eh?

[@yytyytg]

J.M. Mencias there is a degree of paranoid that is reasonable and there is a degree that is not. When you go on for thirty years without actually trying to figure out what's going on on the outside world then you are just dumb. Besides, why do you think these planes fly by for 30 consecutive years and even with your family pic ? How far are they willing to go to get a officer on a island that has no value at all?

[@johnyricco1220]

J.M. Mencias The man showed no initiative to find answers for 30 years! He was a trained intel officer. How hard could it be to infiltrate a public library for information?

[@racermigs1]

There were no libraries on the island. For all he knew, everything could be a trick by the allies, and knowing how Japanese soldier were trained, he would not risk being captured.

[@racermigs1]

The island's location is actually very strategic. They have a military station in the area. You have to understand that the Japanese soldiers were trained to never surrender at any cost. Disloyalty is intolerable, and it would also reflect on your family name. It sounds stupid to others, but you should understand how he saw it from his side. I suggest reading his autobiography.

[@ILIKEARMYS]

US soldiers: We got trees speak in Vietnamese. Filipino soldiers and police: Hold my beer, we got trees speak in Japanese.

[@jayllow01]

You mean *"Nescafe?"*

[@ILIKEARMYS]

@@jayllow01 Maybe😂

[@ended-randomcreations]

You mean a cave that speaks japanese

[@4FYTfa8EjYHNXjChe8xs7xmC5pNEtz]

Toward the end of his life Onoda said that he felt immense regret about wasting those 30 years. He said he'd been an idiot, and that looking at pictures of himself taken immediately after his surrender made him feel like he was looking at a monster.

[@jy4266]

It must be devastating for this man to leave Imperial Japan and comeback to an Anime Japan. lol

[@justintimeboi31]

That's why he left and moved to Brazil

[@andytheshark]

They lost their traditions o ^o

[@sfguzmani]

@@andytheshark how come Imperial Japan is a tradition? Anime and Manga is part of their tradition or culture.

[@generalzhangliao1460]

john guzmani no it’s not, know where the origin is. And anime is mostly drawn by Chinese and dubbed by Japanese.

[@sfguzmani]

@@generalzhangliao1460 not because it is not originated in their country doesn't mean that is not part of thei culture/tradition. My country was colonized by the spaniards for 333 years, because of that many of our traditions was influenced by them, and we embraced it. Same as true with Japan.

[@scottbeater-man3714]

This man had allot of heart to keep going for all those years....a true soldier.

[@raiders7449]

So in your mind, a true soldier is a brainwashed paranoid man who kills civilians for thirty years?

[@ym6294]

More like a war criminal if he didn't kill any civilians then. I will say he's a true Soldier but he's a war criminal and should be killed for killing those unarmed civilians.

[@scottbeater-man3714]

what makes this man a true soldier was his strong will and spirit.

[@Godzilla691138MW3]

Why are all of you typing as if you're all kids? How old are all of you?

[@aminechei8509]

War criminal ??? Lol his a soldier and that's what he's supposed to do war isn't a game and war has its own rules

[@skfoxjrxzz5051]

Sadly he passed away 4 years ago.

[@itech40]

skfoxjrxzz sadly???

[@LAV-III]

skfoxjrxzz he had alot of honor

[@codafett]

Your admiration is misplaced.

[@tangerinepaint3643]

Urban Student Prepper Uhhhh… well to be fair, he didn’t know the war ended

[@teammagmasmaxie6107]

Im a Filipino i respect this man I just want to be a brave Samurai like him

[@theodorhesselholthoej]

*kills innocent villagers* "I am very competitive"

[@lordhosseinlh]

🤣🤣🤣

[@jaymii-raie2878]

😂😂🙈

[@theanonymouschicken169]

Man wanted to pad his K/D stats

[@yeahimomaha]

he was playing on newcomer instead of casual

[@recordkeepingandinformatio8206]

"Can I commit Nanjing Massacre?" "No, we have Nanjing Massacre at home" Nanjing Massacre at home:

[@CocoHutzpah]

Actual Rambo was Japanese. Neat.

[@sebastianverano8723]

check out for roy benavides he is one real rambo

[@plasmadrone3123]

There's also another Japanese soldier who had a similar case named Teruo Nakamura. He never left Morotai Island until 1974. Anyways, how about the story of Sakae Oba and his men?

[@seankaneshiro2032]

PlasmaDrone oba surrendered in 1951 I think.

[@rosemariegarcia4455]

PlasmaDrone they killed my people!!!

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

This is what happens in an RPG when you get lost doing side quests and forget about the main objective.

[@LEC1857-6inFinalsGotReverseSwe]

Lol you again 😅

[@MicmicCustodio]

I was born and lived in Lubang Island. We made a tourist attraction that explain and show where Onada live and hid for almost 30yrs.

[@hatimarrazi9605]

Lubang means hole right?

[@ethandavidsantos-paris6987]

Macai Proton no Hole in Filipino is “Butas”

[@Stalin_194]

@@hatimarrazi9605 are you indonesian

[@leqlerq3493]

Funny thing is that he is an _intellegence_ officer :p

[@Atuyalfatih]

LOL

[@okutann]

Even more ironic is that you point it out but misspell it.

[@radioactiverat8751]

False intelligence is always a probability

[@chrisc1168]

Japy McTojo here forgot to use his intelligence

[@thecrippledpancake9455]

He was very intelligent, and is the most badass person I’ve ever heard of. Shouldn’t make fun of him for serving his country for almost 30 years!

[@datrellkhalidkhalid8555]

HIDE AN SEEK MASTER

[@TheSamuelOwens]

What kind of hide and seek do *you* play?

[@derphinderp9400]

datrell khalid Khalid father of Osama bin laden

[@LivingWithTheGuzmans]

Good story thanks

[@thalmoragent9344]

4:50 Man, that must suck. As cool as it is to essentially see your homeland as an entirely new and improved place, Traditional Values gone can be pretty sad and weird, as it is in our culture, with the lack of traditional views of our current generation.

[@agentsquid9079]

Yeah traditional values do teach moral things and living at that time then switching to the modern era must be rough. At least he didn’t have to SUDUKO himself for the emperor. For me traditional values is mostly good, like family cultures and codes of honor, but the ones that are too extreme to me must be dropped. Honor, Service, Loyalty is good but if your like hellbent on serving others and not yourself I view that as a negative.

[@thalmoragent9344]

stalled carton4 Yeah man, I agree with you. I feel a lot of people drop tradition just for the sake of dropping it because they feel like it’s not “progressive enough” or whatever. Certain aspects of society have gotten worse because of it, and only a few good handful of things have ever come from it. Granted tho, yeah, at least he didn’t have to *Suduko* himself, so that’s one tradition that I can live with being left in the past! 😅👏🏾

[@agentsquid9079]

The Avatar They at least should’ve kept ninjas.

[@briaormead4239]

@@agentsquid9079 Ain't that seppuku? I thought sudoku was a game played with numbers or something.

[@briaormead4239]

@@n.m.8802 Lol :D progression is da wae

[@zelcarlton3060]

When you're the last player of hide and seek

[@greekww2message305]

How much ammo and medical supplies they had that amazing that at least 1 survive

[@HarroKitteh]

The looted villages so they could of gotten ammo and medical supplies.

[@Demicleas]

Achely follen comrads ammo easy

[@mandalorian_guy]

They weren't exactly using up what ammo they had. They probably had a few hundred rounds total.

[@IJN_Ooyodo_KanColle]

Nick Message They didn't spill all ammo.

[@Gillan1220]

Many were lying around post war

[@plcthelegacy4131]

Imagine being a Japanese Soldier, trained in a dogmatic and brutal warrior way for most of your life. And you return to Hello Kitty. That's a huge culture shock.

[@ryanfritz8903]

I wonder if this was the inspiration for a part in Red Dead 2 where you come across a Civil War soldier who still thinks the war is going on in 1899 and thinks the year is 1862 lol

[@Anastasia_Romanova1901]

he tried Anne Frank's Tactics but he succeeded

[@marthaindahouse1010]

hahahahahahahahaha lmao

[@redactedagentdataexpunged9431]

That's true.

[@MurdochMMQCR]

I'd hound on you for that but when you're right, you're right.

[@lvintagenerd]

:-(

[@RecruitsChannel]

Imagine wearing the same clothes for 30 years straight

[@robertiancorpuz2195]

Recruit this made him the hero

[@allandejesus6896]

he smells disgusting for 30 years, still didn't bother him. wow

[@jtora1431]

prob washes in river

[@jonnassan]

Recruit and not wearing the same underpants

[@firstname-jp6nn]

Recruit plus Japanese people usually don’t have BO or have less smell

[@poisonivy2298]

So the story about Norio Suzuki is that he dropped out of college so he could explore the world and said that he was determined to find Onoda, a panda and the abomanable snowman, in that order. Successfully finding Onoda and a panda he went to the Himalayas to look for the abominable snowman, and later died in a blizzard while on the search

[@battyboychips]

tragic

[@henrytownshend6441]

Yeesh could've waited a little

[@timecrashv5wu709]

He died while doing what he love. Atleast he achieved 2 task

[@TwigPB]

Onada: *goes back to japan and sees anime* Also Onada: [visible confusion]

[@Rex-X-Dark]

That's why he left for Brazil

[@Simplehistory]

Thank you to everyone who helped us reach 300K SUBSCRIBERS! This episode took a lot of time and research. Click to support and see episodes early on www.patreon.com/simplehistory Thank you to these awesome people for supporting the show (and if you are a patron feel free to send me (the creator / director) suggestions for the show on Patreon. Jonathan demoisey Anton Fogelberg Vincent Wong ITgamer35 8feet RaostTaost HitKin Tommy Huynh Adam Berlin Charlie McCameron Alden109 Adolfo Estella III Vincent K. 2K69 k n Doug Stokes Samuel Leonard Andrew Borelli Regi Jokhan Will Spencer Sina Yelbuz Jeff carpenter Thomas Starr

[@universalore6884]

Simple History I like your s history video's I like history very very like wat next

[@tlshortyshorty5810]

Simple History Chinese, Japanese, even us Pinoys. We may be trying to seek peaceful contact, But you don't fucking touch our rice unless we tell you.

[@local1057]

Simple History can you make the martial law of the Philippines video

[@kuoseis]

Oh man, I still remember when you hit 5000 subs and still making fantastic videos :)

[@freddiemcfarland2291]

Simple Histo

[@IanPhillipsUSA]

Do you think he got paid for those 30 years he was on that island? 🤔

[@derrienbraxton5089]

Ian Phillips the Japanese government gave him back pay and a lot of money when he returned but he dontated the money before he moved to Brazil

[@aquarianfirehorse667]

he also go back to the place and donated a school to the locals from his money.

[@sb40202]

Yesterday was actually the date he surrendered, March 9

[@florjanbrudar692]

"Same"???

[@sb40202]

@@florjanbrudar692 yup I just realized how dumb that sounds

[@Edgymemer]

Lol.That is actually my birthday.

[@christianphillipampoloquio6484]

It's today

[@justarandomcarforyes186]

Nice

[@BrumEldar]

This guy is an example of loyalty and honor

[@thekingnumberone2427]

That's a real Soldier.

[@gammarays666]

@@kekky2033 The late president Marcos was a WW2 veteran soldier himself. He understood how loyalty works with the Imperial Japanese Army. That's why he was pardoned.

[@jungjoey7930]

Think about the civilian who were murdered by the stupid soldier in that island idiot

[@carved6749]

정환희 he thought they were soldiers

[@enkaphalin1111]

@@jungjoey7930 Its pointless reasoning with you when facts are given to you and you continue to call people idiots.

[@jussieronen3707]

@@jungjoey7930 How many japanese civilians did americans murder? 😁😁

[@dadgamer9884]

Left 4 dead Banzai edition

[@gera2480]

Imagine going back to Japan to find out they have anime

[@XiaoMof]

Rum im pretty sure he would want to burn it all i want to burn it all and im half asian

[@nomadiccheese4911]

Rum im sure he was disappointed at the modern japanese guys...

[@bonebard6178]

i mean they had cartoons and manga in ww2

[@seanvillaflor6030]

WHATU IS THISU?????

[@kasperikalervo91]

He would've probably commited harakiri right there

[@SilencedButNotForgotten]

What you left out: He later returned to Japan because he saw the increasing destruction of the youth and the high suicide rates. He set up camps in which he gave youngsters training and tips on how to be happy, confident and aware of their value in the world.

[@joshrosenfield6546]

This is loyalty beyond all else. Enemy or not, he has my respect.

[@tripwireunknown6747]

He has the honor of a real soldier

[@14s0cc3r14]

Trip wire Unknown He also honorably killed 30 innocent locals for no reason so . . .

[@jtora1431]

did you not see the whole video to understand why he killed the 30 innocent people?

[@21greendayrocks]

Jtora yes, I watched the video and saw WHY. He was given orders, and he carried them out in what he thought was the best way.

[@sadkeanu4327]

EG 930 EG 930 No, he didn't shoot them because of the orders directly, it was stated that they were paranoid that the Allies were trying to trick them. And I'm sure you would start to lose it a little of you were essentially marooned in enemy teritory for over presumably 20 years straight.

[@21greendayrocks]

Cristian Rivas exactly, I know they didn't exactly do the "right" thing, but they didn't know better. If you are paranoid and kill an innocent person, you thought you did it in self-defense. To give so many years of your life fighting for your country, even though yes, you did kill innocents, i think that's still admirable. In war, innocents will always die. That doesn't mean no war can be just, or moral, or no sacrifice honorable.

[@nickmo3904]

Great video as always (I'm still watching)

[@nickmo3904]

Gsdlp/Alex hi

[@nickmo3904]

Gsdlp/Alex hi

[@carvideos5276]

He was fighting for so long so that means he was so loyal to his country. It’s very heart breaking to see soldier which is still fighting even if no orders were given, he just keeps fighting/defending because he knows what being a soldier really is. Big respect for him.

[@GlidezukaReporting]

But when he returned and watch schoolgirl bang an octopus, he left Japan again