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post Oct 31 2011, 08:06 AM, updated 12y ago

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http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2011/10...the-war/100180/

At the end of World War II, huge swaths of Europe and Asia had been reduced to ruins, borders were being redrawn, homecomings, expulsions, and burials were under way, and the massive efforts to rebuild had just begun. When the war began in the late 1930s, the world's population was approximately 2 billion. In less than a decade, the war between the nations of the Axis Powers and the Allies resulted in some 80 million deaths -- killing off about 4 percent of the whole world. Allied forces became occupiers, taking control of Germany, Japan, and much of the territory they had formerly ruled.

Efforts were made to permanently dismantle their war-making abilities, as factories were destroyed and former leadership was removed or prosecuted. War Crimes trials took place in Europe and Asia, leading to many executions and prison sentences. Millions of Germans and Japanese were forcibly expelled from territory they formerly called home. Allied occupation and United Nations decisions led to many long-lasting problems in the future, including tensions that led to the creation of East and West Germany, divergent plans on the Korean Peninsula which led to the creation of North and South Korea -- and the Korean War in 1950, and the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine which paved the way for Israel to declare its independence in 1948 and begin the continuing Arab-Israeli conflict. T

he growing tensions between Western powers and the Soviet Eastern Bloc developed into the Cold War, and development and proliferation of nuclear weapons raised the very real specter of an unimaginable World War III if common ground could not be found. World War II was the biggest story of the 20th Century, and its aftermath continues to affect the world profoundly more than 65 years later.

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In March of 1974, some 29 years after the official end of World War II, Hiroo Onoda, a former Japanese Army intelligence officer, walks out of the jungle of Lubang Island in the Philippines, where he was finally relieved of duty. He handed over his sword (hanging from his hip in photo), his rifle, ammunition and several hand grenades. Onoda had been sent to Lubang Island in December of 1944 to join an existing group of soldiers and hamper any enemy attacks. Allied forces overtook the island just a few months later, capturing or killing all but Onoda and three other Japanese soldiers. The four ran into the hills and began a decades-long insurgency extending well past the end of the war. Several times they found or were handed leaflets notifying them that the war had ended, but they refused to believe it. In 1950, one of the soldiers turned himself in to Philippine authorities. By 1972, Onoda's two other compatriots were dead, killed during guerrilla activities, leaving Onoda alone. In 1974, Onoda met a Japanese college dropout, Norio Suzuki, who was traveling the world, and through their friendship, Onoda's former commanding officer was located and flew to Lubang Island to formally relieve Onoda of duty, and bring him home to Japan. Over the years, the small group had killed some 30 Filipinos in various attacks, but Onoda ended up going free, after he received a pardon from President Ferdinand Marcos.
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"In March of 1974, some 29 years after the official end of World War II, Hiroo Onoda, a former Japanese Army intelligence officer, walks out of the jungle of Lubang Island in the Philippines, where he was finally relieved of duty. He handed over his sword (hanging from his hip in photo), his rifle, ammunition and several hand grenades. Onoda had been sent to Lubang Island in December of 1944 to join an existing group of soldiers and hamper any enemy attacks. Allied forces overtook the island just a few months later, capturing or killing all but Onoda and three other Japanese soldiers. The four ran into the hills and began a decades-long insurgency extending well past the end of the war. Several times they found or were handed leaflets notifying them that the war had ended, but they refused to believe it. In 1950, one of the soldiers turned himself in to Philippine authorities. By 1972, Onoda's two other compatriots were dead, killed during guerrilla activities, leaving Onoda alone. In 1974, Onoda met a Japanese college dropout, Norio Suzuki, who was traveling the world, and through their friendship, Onoda's former commanding officer was located and flew to Lubang Island to formally relieve Onoda of duty, and bring him home to Japan. Over the years, the small group had killed some 30 Filipinos in various attacks, but Onoda ended up going free, after he received a pardon from President Ferdinand Marcos. "

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QUOTE(izzat003 @ Oct 31 2011, 08:49 AM)

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there is a few other that also keep fighting for decades after war end but Onoda is the last one.
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Japs surrender ceremony at VI school, KL 13/9/45
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It was held one day after the Singapore surrender, namely, Thursday, September 13, 1945. (Two other local surrenders took place that same day across South East Asia, one in Rangoon and the other in Wewak, New Guinea.)

That the V.I. was chosen as the venue is not surprising. The school was strategically sited on high ground in the centre of Kuala Lumpur at that time and its premises afforded a high degree of privacy and security. It had been a Japanese administrative headquarters of sorts and it could have been thought symbolic to turn the tables on the Japanese in their own lair, so to speak.

Crowds had already gathered in the early afternoon outside the V.I. compound when the Japanese military officers were driven in with a couple of interpreters and a guard of Indian soldiers. Their cars bore white flags. The crowd jeered and booed on seeing the Japanese, who maintained a calm and unperturbed demeanour.

Lieutenant-General O.L. Roberts, commander of the 34th Indian Army, next arrived with Captain E.T. Cooper of the Royal Navy, Air Vice-Marshal the Earl of Bandon and other high ranking officers. The guard of honour, comprising men of the 2nd Punjab Regiment was drawn up outside the front entrance. After inspecting the guard of honour the British top brass retired to a classroom near the hall.

The Japanese officers now entered the V.I. Hall, bowing low to the Union Jack at the entrance. Two rows of tables had been arranged for the two groups of signatories.

The Japanese were handed a copy of the surrender document and the interpreters explained the contents to them. The essential fact communicated was that it was an unconditional surrender. The Japanese nodded and bowed in agreement. The British party entered and took their places at another table facing the Japanese. Lieutenant-General Teizo Ishiguro used a brush to sign his name while Roberts used a pen. It was all over in 20 minutes at 2:30 p.m.
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QUOTE(norther @ Jun 13 2012, 10:57 AM)
No glory. No memory. A gloomy business for sure... But no matter how bad a situation is, it can always get worse. And it did.
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what do you mean it get worse? after WW2 we are in the golden age of human progress, must less percentage of human are killed in violent conflict now compare with anytime, education is more widely available than anything in history, healthcare is better than anything in history, standard of living is better than anything in history, life expectancy is higher than anything in history. science progressing faster than anything in history.
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