The last soldier of the Japanese Imperial Army Hiro Oneode. Last Samurai World War II

After in September 1945, the Japanese Empire recognized his defeat, small groups of soldiers who went to Jungle Indochita and Indonesia, still continued to resist. These servicemen received from the American military nickname "Stragglers", which can be translated as "retired" or "remaining". Many of them did not recognize on time about the surrender of their country, and learning, refused to believe it. Similar to this was upbringing in the spirit of the traditions of samurai, for whom the end of the war is a victory or death.

In addition, when preparing soldiers the imperial army They were warned that "Gaidzins" cunning and cunning. They can resort to mass misinformation about the end of the war. Therefore, even getting access to information about modern position WORLD IN THE WORLD, these "samurai" thought that the Government of Japan, which was referred to on the radio or was written in newspapers - this is the puppet of the United States, and the emperor and his approximate is in exile. All events in the world were perceived by them under a distorted angle.

This fanatical devotion of the empire, which no longer existed, caused the death of some "retired" in collisions with the local police. In this article, the history of three soldiers will be told, for whom the Second World War ended only in the 1970s. Perhaps each of you will be able to formulate your point of view and decide how to treat similar people: as heroes, infinitely devoted to their country and traditions, or as fanatics, whose mind was thoroughly washed by the campaign car of the Military Japan.

Capral Syudi ikia.Sejiti was born on March 31, 1915 in a small village on the territory of the Aichi Prefecture. Before in 1941 he was called in the ranks of the Japanese Imperial Army, he worked as a tailor.

It was originally determined in the 29th Infantry Division, which was stationed in Manchuria. In 1943, already as part of the 38th Infantry Regiment, he was transferred to the Mariana Islands, and in February of the same year, Syudi and his colleagues were transferred to the island of Guam, which they had to protect against the invasion of American soldiers.

During fierce hostilities, Americans still managed to capture the island. However, the corporal, like another ten colleagues, did not give up. They remained true to their oath, which said that the soldiers of the empire do not have the right to capture. The Emperor spoke about it, officers were told about it every day. The GUAM samurai went deep into the island, to the most difficult-reaching part of it, where they found a suitable cave and decided to wait for the return of the Japanese army, not a minute not doubting the fact that it would be so.

Years passed, and the submers did not come. Soon only three soldiers remained from eleven soldiers. After the strongest hurricane, which collapsed on the island, the problems with provisions began with "retired". It was decided to throw lots: the one who wins will remain in the equipped cave, two others will have to go and look for a new shelter. Capral was lucky, and two of his colleagues later died from poisoning of the poisonous plants. It is not known, they ate them by chance, or it was an act of ritual suicide. Be that as it may, Capral remained completely alone. He burned his comrades in the cave, and he himself dreamed of a new shelter.

Over the eight years, Okoy learned to hunt and catch fish with the most primitive guns. He was chosen on the fishery at night, in order not to be noticed by the local population, which he suspected in collaboration with the enemy. His soldier's form waslandered, and Capral, remembering his last life of the tailor's student, made himself new clothes from what he found in the jungle.

However, no matter how it hides, in 1972 he was noticed by two shrimp catches. They thought that this strange old man was the escaped peasant, so tied him and took him to the village. Capral Sejiti considered himself disgraced, he could not believe that two of some fisherman caught him, the faithful soldier of the imperial army. Okoy heard many stories from their officers about how Americans and their allies execute their prisoners, so I thought it was leading to the executioner.

However, it soon turned out that the war ran out 28 years ago, and instead of the shameful death of Croral, a medical examination and return to their homeland awaits. Before going to the hospital, Syudi asked him to take him to the cave, where he dug the remains of his two comrades and folded into the bag. He did not part with him until returning to Japan. Doctors, examining the corporal, found that he is completely healthy. Before sending home, the soldier met with the consul of Japan, who answered him a lot of questions. They say that Syudi almost fell into fainting when he learned that Japan and the US were now allies, but the news that Roosevelt had long died, corrected the situation and made the emperor soldier smile for the first time in 28 years.

The forgotten soldier who returned to his homeland met as a hero - he was invited to a talk show, he wrote about his feat in newspapers and magazines, he even paid sorry for all the time he was considered dead. About his life on the island was removed documentary "Syudi Okoy and his 28 years old on the island Guam." In 1991, the hero himself was awarded the admission of the Emperor Akihito, who called him a feat "act of selfless service of the Motherland." Ekiy died in 1997 at the age of 82. He was buried next to the grave of the mother, who died and not waiting for the son's return.

Junior Lieutenant Hiro Oneode.The OTOR was born on March 19, 1922 in the family of teachers from the village of Kamekawa, which is in Wakica Prefecture. After graduating from school, in April 1939, he became an employee of the Trade Company Tadzima and moved to China. There he mastered Chinese and english. In December 1942, he returned to his homeland, as he was called in the army. Initially, the rank of rank of ordinary second class was assigned to the 61st infantry shelf. Then, after a few days, he was transferred to the 218th regiment of infantry. By the middle of the summer, Hiro was already an ordinary first class, and in the period from September to November, it was produced in ordinary top class, and then in Caprals. From January to August 1944, Onoda Hiro was trained in the Army School. In December 1944 he was sent to the Philippines and appointed commander of the detachment of saboteurs.

In January 1945, he is already in the rank of younger lieutenant, the OneOdo together with the detachment goes to Lubang Island. Arriving to the destination, the young officer suggested a local command to make preparation for long defense, but his proposal was rejected. As a result, the soldiers of the US Army without much difficulty broke the Japanese and searched the island.

The right ending with his oath with three surviving subordinates disappeared in the jungle. There they have equipped the base and began to lead guerrilla War. After the surrender of Japan, American aircraft began to reset over the jungle leaflets, which referred to the end of the war. OneDa, being an intelligence officer, regarded as disinformation.

Meanwhile, in Japan, due to the lack of communication with the group of younger lieutenant, the authorities declared all its members of the fallen, but they had to reconsider their decision when in 1950 one of the members of the partisan group of younger lieutenant Hiro surrendered to the Philippines authorities. Thanks to his testimony, a special commission was created to search for "retired". Due to the unstable political situation in the search zone, Japanese search engines could not start work for a long time. Until diplomatic proceedings, another member of the sabotage group was discovered. On May 7, 1954, in the mountains, the Police detachment was noticed by a group of people dressed in Japanese military form. An attempt to get out of them on contact ended with a shootout, as a result of which the second member of the OneD group was killed.

After that, the Filipino Government gave permission to Japanese search groups to conduct its activities in the territory of Luang Island, but they could not find anyone. Fifteen years later, the Otode and the only one who remained so worried was again declared dead. They were posthumously assigned the Order of the Rising Sun VI degree. On September 19, 1972, the Philippine police officers again entered a shootout with a group of unknown Japanese - the last member of the Hiro group was shot. Another search and rescue group arrived from Japan, but this attempt did not give results.

Found a stubborn samurai only at the end of February 1974. Japanese traveler, exploring the Philippine Jungle, accidentally climbed to the shelter of the saboteur. At first, the junior lieutenant Hiro tried to attack the uninvited guest, however, when it turned out that that Japanese, he decided not to do this. They talked for a very long time. The researcher, whose name was Norio Suzuki, persuaded it to fold the weapon, as the war has long over the war, but to no avail. OneDa said that he had no right to do so, as he soldiers, and he was given an order, and until the order was canceled, he had no right to surrender.

After the return of Suzuki to his homeland, the history of this meeting was produced by Furore, the third search team was collected, which was invited by the former commander of Hiro Odody, Majorux of Tanyiguti. On the island of Tanyiguti, it was connected with Outloa and read the order of surrender. When the youngest lieutenant passed the weapon, all those present saw that it was in perfect condition. According to the law, Philippine Hiro waited the death penaltySince during your tightened war, he killed about 30 people and even more than 100 wounded, but Japan's Foreign Ministry settled this question, and the officer's faithful officer returned to his oath on March 12, 1974.

An interesting fact: the return of Hiro Oneods was met by the Japanese ambiguously. Most, of course, supported the younger Lieutenant and considered him a model of officer honor, but the Communists and Social Democrats nicknamed His "Ghost Militarism" and stated that he knew about the surrender of Japan, but did not surrender only because he was a complete militarist and preferred to live In the jungle and kill non-clear Philipps, rather than recognize the defeat of their country.

Private first class Taro Nakamura.Nakamura was born on November 8, 1919. He was called up to the army in 1943. Private service was held on the island of Morotai, which in Indonesia. After the US troops in January 1945 finally defeated the enemy's forces in this area, the relationship between Japan and the island, where Nakamura remained, was lost. Taruo served in a division, which in his preparation was equated to the Commandos units, so he was able to avoid captivity without much difficulty and hide in the jungle, where he built a shack himself and started a small garden on which potatoes grown. The ordinary believed that if he was learned about his existence, then immediately surrender the troops of the enemy, and then the capture will follow and all those horrors about which officers were told.

For almost 30 years, Privately coped perfectly with the role of the Ghost Jungle, however, in 1974, the crew of the Indonesian Air Force aircraft noticed his asylum and reported commands. For two months, negotiations were conducted with the government and a plan was developed on the evacuation of the "retired" soldier. Nobody knew how the Nakamura would react to the emergence of a group of rescuers and whether the news would believe about the surrender of his country.

On December 18, 1974, several Indonesian soldiers were imperceptible to an ordinary shack and took the territory in the ring to curb the attempt to escape. Then, under the National Anthem of Japan, they began to wave a Japanese flag. After that, Taro himself came out of his dwelling and folded the weapon (Rifle "Arisaka" with five cartridges). After that, he said: "I was ordered to fight until the very end." He was taken to Jakarta, where he passed a complete medical examination. It turned out that in addition to traces of malaria, which Samurai picked up over the years of life in the jungle, he is absolutely healthy, and his physical condition is even better than most of his peers (meanwhile he turned 55 years old).

The Japanese government returned ordinary home in Taiwan and appointed him a military retirement. According to Nakamura himself, the only thing he wanted most is - it will come back alive to his wife. However, it turned out that during the time he was considered dead, she, considering himself a widow, re-married. Perhaps, so after the deportation, he lived only three years.

Interesting fact: Taro Nakamura was not Japanese, he belonged to the biggest Taiwanese nation Ami. When he was reported that Taiwan is no longer a Japanese and not a Chinese colony, he replied: "I was too long I was a Japanese soldier, and I don't care that Taiwan is now a free state." By the way, his present (Taiwanese) name has not become famous.

According to official information, more than a hundred Japanese soldiers remaining in Indochier after the capitulation of their country, joined the detachments of the Malay Communists and continued their war. In addition, in 2005, two soldiers were discovered on the territory of the Philippines state, who by that time it was over eighty. They hid, fearing that they were accused of desertion and executed. Based on this information, it can be safely assumed that today in the jungle of Southeast Asia there may be remains of more than a hundred such "retired", which did not know that their war was over, and the empires, in the glory of which they fought, already No long ago

Image Caption. "I had an order to lead a guerrilla war at any price," said Hiro Otode shortly before death

In Tokyo, at the age of 91, a former junior lieutenant of the Imperial Army Japan Hiro Oneode died. He became famous for refusing to believe in the end of World War II and, the right oath, was hiding for another 29 years in the jungle on the Philippine Island of Lubang.

Only in 1974 the former commander of the Oned, who specifically flew to the Philippines for this, convinced the resistant soldier to fold the weapon.

In his homeland, he was met as a real hero.

The order is order

When the Second World War approached the end and American troops were confidently moved to the north, the lieutenant oneoda was surrounded by Lubang Island.

Despite the desperate position, the young officer remained faithful and three decades refused to surrender.

"Each Japanese soldier was ready to die, but I was an intelligence officer, and I had an order to lead a partisan war at any price," an entree was confessed in an interview with the EJ Bi-SI in 2010. - If I could not fulfill this order, I would be painful ashamed. "

Right holder illustration AFP. Image Caption. Only in 1974 the onoda obeyed his former commander who flew to the Philippines to give him the last order

By the end of the war, three soldiers remained in submission. One of them surrendered in 1950, the other died, the third died in 1972 in a skirmish with the local population, against which the detachment of the Oneds periodically spent raids.

Ovener itself was offered many times to surrender, but he categorically refused to fold the weapon.

Later he admitted that he considered Japanese parliamentarians sent to him by provocateurs, and leaflets with a proposal to get out of the jungle - enemy campaign.

"There were many mistakes in these leaflets, and I was sure that the Americans scatter them," he said.

Capitulation

Perhaps, Hiro Outoda never returned from his war if it were not for his former commander who was asked to fly to the Philippines and personally give the order to fold the weapon with a persistent officer.

In March 1974, the Otode in the worn and fallen military uniform, which he did not change for almost 30 years, having discharged the Japanese flag, handed over his combat sword to the president of the Philippines, and his war on it ended.

Right holder illustration AFP. Image Caption. Onoda passed his sword personally president of the Philippines

The Filippin authorities pardon him - despite the dissatisfaction of the residents of Lubang, against whom the onoda led the real partisan war, killing 30 people in the skirmis.

After passing, the former officer went to Brazil and worked there on the ranch, and then returned to Japan, where he arranged courses for survival in extreme conditions.

Although many Japanese soldiers immediately at the end of the war refused to leave the jungle, without believing that the battles ended, the OneD lasted almost the longest.

In December 1974, another soldier of the Japanese army, Terura Nakamura was accidentally discovered at the Indonesian Island of Morotai.

True, he did not fight with anyone, but in complete loneliness cultivated sown peacefully.

Nakamura was from Taiwan, where it was repatriated.

September 2, 1945, Japan signed an act of unconditional surrenderThus, finishing the second world war. Although some Japanese soldiers continued to partizing for many years, and at the request of the Japanese Embassy in the Philippines, perhaps fighting in the jungle until now. The martial spirit of the nippon army was amazing, and the willingness to give life - deserving respect, but cruelty and fanaticism, along with military crimes, cause exclusive contradictory feelings.

We tell about what was the army of Imperial Japan in World War II, what is Kaiten and Oka, and why the grandfather was considered a moral duty of the commander.

For the emperor wash heels Sergeant - Preparation in the Japanese army

Japanese Empire B. late XIX. "The beginning of the 20th centuries cherished ambitions to expand the living space, and, of course, it was necessary for this a powerful army and fleet. And if from the technical side the Japanese did a lot, turning the backward army into modern, then in a psychological, a militale mentality was very strongly helped by many centuries.

Codex Becidido demanded that the commander of unquestioned submission to the commander, contempt for death and an incredible sense of duty. It was these features in the imperial army that were developed as much as possible. And everything began with a school bench, where the boys were suggested that the Japanese was the Divine Nation, and the rest - the misunderstanding, to which could be treated as a cattle.

The young Japanese said that he is a descendant of divine ancestors, and his whole life is a way to glory through military exploits in the service of Emperor and her own officers. Here, for example, what wrote a Japanese boy in writing during russian-Japanese war 1904-1905:

I will become a soldier to kill the Russians and take them in captivity. I will kill as many Russians as possible, cut down your head and presented them with the emperor. And then again I will quit the battle, I will have even more Russian goals, kill them all. I will become a great warrior.

Naturally, the boy grew up with such desires and support from society in a fierce warrior.

The future soldier learned to endure burden from the small years, and in the army, this ability was made to perfection not only with the help of jogs and exercises, but also through the bullying of colleagues and the elders. For example, the senior by the title, which seemed that the recruits did not well give him a military greeting well enough, had the right to build them in a rank and glue to each slap. If the young man fell from the blow, he had to jump immediately, stretching at the counter of mad.

Such a harsh attitude was supplemented with an entertainment before the superior bosses. When, after a tedious march, the senior he sat down on the chairs, at once a few soldiers chairs were rushed to smoke his shoes. And in the bath literally built a queue to rub the back of the officer.

As a result, the combination of powerful propaganda and upbringing with difficult conditions of service created fanatical and endless soldiers, extremely disciplined, persistent and monstrously cruel.

Kamikaze and War, stretching for decades

Fierce kamikadze on the fields of Brahi first met the Chinese first, and then the Russians with the Americans during the Second World War. Japanese soldiers rushing under tanks with magnetic mines and fighting to the hand to the end, it was almost impossible to take captive.

As an example, you can bring the island of Saipan, where the soldiers according to the last order of the shifting generals Saito, Inta and Admiral Nagumo were taken by Banzai attack. More than three thousand soldiers and civilians armed with bamboo peaks, bayonets and grenades, first drank all the alcohol existing ones, and then screams rushed at the position of Americans.

Even the wounded and single-legged jumping on the crutches after the comrades. The Americans were shocked that their ranks were broken, and the attackers were devoted to artillery, but here more experienced Yankees appeared and killed all suicide bonuses. But the worst thing appeared before the Americans later - they saw the remaining soldiers with women and children undermine themselves with grenades or jump into the sea.

Famous bandage Kamikadze

The practice of suicide attacks was very common in the Japanese army of that time. Partially it was based on the readiness treated with young nails to die for the emperor, partly - was a forced measure because of the serious superiority of opponents at sea, land and air. Such a suicide was called Kamikadze, that in the translation meant "Divine Wind". The name was given in honor of Typhoon, who in ancient times drowned Armadd Mongols, floating to conquer Japan.

Kamikaze at first WWII used aircraft with huge bombs that they sent to American ships. Later, they began to apply piloted winged shells who called Oka (Sakura flower). "Flowers" with explosives, whose weight could reach a ton, launched from bombers. At sea, piloted torpedoes were joined to them, called Kaitean (changing fate) and boats loaded by explosives.

In Kamikadze, exclusively volunteers were gained, since there was a lot of honor to serve in squaders of suicide strokes. In addition, the family of the deceased was paid a decent amount. Nevertheless, no matter how effective and disbuilding attacks, they failed to save Japan from defeat.

But for some soldiers, the war has not ended even after the surrender of Japan. On numerous islands in the jungle, it remains to partizing several dozen Japanese, who organized the bits and killed the soldiers of the enemy, police and civilians. These soldiers refused to fold the weapon because they did not believe that they were great emperor recognized defeat.

For example, in January 1972, Sergeant Seji Ekoye was discovered on the island of Guam, all this time lived in a pit near the city of Talofofo, and in December 1974, a soldier named Taro Nakamura found on the island of Marientay. And even in 2005, the 87-year-old lieutenant Iosio Yamakava was found on Minanda Island and the 83-year-old Efreitor Sudzuqu Skalati, who hid there, fearing punishment for desertion.

Hiro Ontoda

But, of course, the most sensible case is the story of Hiro Oneod, the younger lieutenant of Japanese intelligence, which first with comrades, and after their death and alone, partitioned on Lubang Island until 1972. During this time, he and his companions killed thirty and hardly wounded about a hundred people.

Even when a Japanese journalist found him and said that the war had long over the war, he refused to give up, until his commander would cancel the order. I had to urgently look for it former chiefwho ordered the onow to fold the weapon. After the pardon, Hiro lived a long life, wrote several books and coached young people survival skills in wildlife. Ongo died on January 16, 2014 in Tokyo, without surviving up to 92 years a couple of months.

Riding heads for speed and Nanjing massacre

The harsh education, which exalted the Japanese and allowed them to consider other nations with animals, gave rise and opportunities to relate to prisoner soldiers and civilians with inconceivable cruelty. Especially went to the Chinese, whom the Japanese despised, considering the mirror unindant to unworthy people.

Often young soldiers were interpreted, forcing challenging related prisoners, and officers practiced in the head of the heads. Even before the competitions, which widely covered the Japanese press of that time. In 1937, two lieutenant arranged a contest, competing in the one who first bruises the hundreds of Chinese. To understand the madness to understand, it is worth reading the title of one of the Japanese newspapers of that time: "Awesome record in beheading a hundred people: Mukai - 106, node - 105. Both second lieutenant begin an additional round." As a result, the award after all found "heroes" - after the war, the Chinese caught them and shot them.

Advanced with "exploits" of lieutenants

When the Japanese army took Nanjing, some of the Chinese believed that there would be order and calm with disciplined foreign troops. But instead by order of a member imperial house Prince Asaki in the city began a slaughter. According to Chinese historians, the invaders destroyed from three hundred to five hundred thousand residents, many were brutally tortured, and most women were raped. The most striking thing is that the main culprit, Prince Asaki, who gave a monstrous order, was not rapidly responsible, being a member of the imperial family name, and quietly and peacefully lived until 1981.

Another equally monstrous side of the Japanese army was the so-called "stations for consolation" - the military borors, where the Korean and Chinese girls who were forced to engage in prostitution were forced. According to Chinese historians, 410 thousand girls passed through them, many of whom after the abuse ended the life of suicide.

Interestingly, as modern Japanese authorities are trying to benefit from liability for Bord. These stations were allegedly only a private initiative, and the girls went there voluntarily, as Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said in 2007. Only under the pressure of the United States, Canada and Europe, the Japanese as a result were forced to recognize the guilt, apologize and start paying compensation for the former "women for consolation."

Well, of course, it is impossible not to remember about the "detachment 731", a special division of the Japanese army, which occupied the development of biological weapons, whose inhuman experiments on people would be pale to the most of the Mother Nazi executioner.

Be that as it may, the Japanese army in World War II was remembered as examples of endless courage and a sense of duty and inhuman cruelty and disgusting acts. But neither that nor other Japanese helped when their headeds were broken by allied troops, among whom was my cousin, having broken samurai in Manchuria in forty-fifth.

Former Junior Lieutenant of the Imperial Army Japan Hiro Oneode, who was 30 years after the end of World War II continued to fight on the Philippine Island of Lubang, died in Tokyo. He was 91 years old.

The history of the Oned began in 1944, when he entered the Army School, where he was preparing command Team Japanese army. There he received the title of senior sergeant. After the initiance decided to become an intelligence, for which he went to the school Nagano. However, it did not have time to finish training, because he was sent to the front.

In December 1944, the OTOR was in the Philippines as a commander of a special work, which was to conduct sabotage operations in the rear of the enemy.

In January 1945, it was sent to the island of Lubang in the rank of younger Lieutenant.

Before sending the OTOD, he received an order from his commander Sizeto Ekoyama, which said that suicide is strictly prohibited, and it is necessary to hold out from three to five years, after which the Ekoyama will come after him. Then followed the defeat japanese parts In the Philippines of the US Army, and the OneD with its detachment, which included three people, fled to the jungle. Having arranged there, the base continued to lead the partisan war in the rear of the enemy.

After the surrender of Japan, there were leaflets with a report on the end of the war, which at the end of 1945 planes were discharged in the jungle. In leaflets there was an order of General Tomoyuki Yamasiti to all Japanese soldiers and officers about the delivery of weapons and surrenders.

However, the OTOR considered the news of the surrender of the enemy propaganda and continued to fight with the American troops, expecting that the island would be again under the control of Japan.

The Japanese authorities considered it and his comrades who were dead, because there was no connection with them. However, in 1950, Private Yuity Akatsu, who served under the guidance of Oneds, surrendered to the Philippine police, and next year he returned to his homeland. So the Japanese government learned that the onoda is alive. At the same time, a commission was created in Japan, which began to engage in the return of their soldiers who remained abroad.

Onoda transfers his sword to President Philippines Ferdinand Markosu

In 1954, the Philippine police officers collided with the detachment of the Oned and in the shootout died ordinary Seji Simad. After that, the Philipins allowed the Japanese to search for their soldiers on their territory, however, and his subordinate kinsiti codzuk was not found.

The searches were held several times until the end of 1959, and their two were re-recognized dead and even awarded orders.

However, in 1972, the Capral of the Japanese Army Seji Eki was found on Guam, who continued to fight in the jungle. It became obvious that the military could remain, who continue to lead their war. And a little later, in the same year, the Philippine police shot a Japanese soldier who tried to pick up rice from the peasants. They were serving under the guidance of the Kinsiti Kodzuka. After that, the Japanese again sent the commission, which was supposed to find it, but the search did not bring any results again.

The Japanese authorities tried to look for annex for 30 years after the end of the war. All this time, he continued to lead his war. He collected information about the enemy, made a babble, attacked the Philippine military and policemen. During these operations, he killed 30 and wounded 100 military and civilians.

At the same time, the ONDA received news from homeland thanks to the reconfigured radio. He knew that the Olympic Games were held in Tokyo, knew about the economic rise of his country, but refused to believe that Japan lost to the war. In the school, the OTID instructed that the enemy resorts to mass misinformation, so it should be especially vigilant.

In 1974, the Japanese traveler Norio Suzuki discovered in the jungle. He tried to persuade him to return to his homeland, told about what was happening in Japan. But the OneD refused, referring to the fact that he has no order to surrender from the bosses.

After the news of this, the Japanese government contacted the former commander of the Oneods - Yeshi Tanyiguti, who, after the end of the war, worked in a bookstore. In the same year, Tanyiguchi flew to the Philippines, he was connected with Outloa. He gave him an order to stop all military operations and surrender.

Onoda returns to Japan. 1974

OneDa surrendered to the Philippine Military in March 1974. He had a rifle, cartridges, grenades and samurai sword. The base commander returned the sword on Outlo, calling it a model of army loyalty.

According to the law, the Philippines of the Japanese was waiting for the death penalty, but after the intervention of the authorities of Japan, he was pardon.

In the homeland of Oteoda met ambiguously. Many media I. public figures They talked about the fact that the Japanese knew about the surrender, but continued to kill the Philippines. But officials and ordinary Japanese supported the one. He met with the prime minister of Japan, but considered himself unworthy to meet with the emperor, because nothing special did not.

In 1975, due to such attention, he moved to Brazil to his Person, where she was engaged in cattle breeding. And in 1984 he returned to Japan, where he led the organization of the "School of Nature", which was engaged in the socialization of adolescents. About his 30-year stay in the Philippines of the OneDa wrote several books, among which the memoirs "do not give up: my thirty-year-old war."

Hiro Oneode led his war in the Philippines until 1974. In addition to him, the Japanese Ekoi Seji "fought" in Guam until 1972. Another Japanese, Taro Nakamura, did not recognize the surrender of Japan and continued the war until 1974 in Indonesia. Onoda and Nakamura became the last "surrendered" soldiers. However, after that, there were numerous rumors that the Japanese soldiers who fought in World War II are hidden in the Philippines and in other countries, without believing that the war ended.

There is such an old anecdote: a bearded man with a machine gun comes to the Belarusian village in 1970. Having met an elderly woman, he asks:

Grandma, Germans in the village there?

Milk, - splashes the arms of the village. - So the war is 25 years old as it ended!

Yes? - Parisan is surprised surprised. - And why am I then all this time of the train dusked?

But the fact that for residents Soviet Union It was a kind of form of humor, for the Japanese was absolute truth. The soldiers of the Imperial Army of Japan continued to fight even three decades after their country capitulated in World War II.

Hiro Oneode in youth. Photo: Public Domain

The New York Times newspaper reported that in Tokyo in the 92nd year of life died former military intelligence officer Hiro OngFor which the Second World War ended 29 years later than for his native country.

Hiro Otode was born in the Japanese village of Kamekawa on March 19, 1922, in the family of a journalist and teacher. In his youth, Hiro was fascinated by Japanese Kando and was generally sports boys. After graduating from school, settled in a private company and went to do business in China. There Hiro mastered English and chineseBut career in business interrupted the call to the army. A capable guy with knowledge of languages \u200b\u200bwas sent to the school of intelligence officers, which, though, Hiro finish did not have time - the affairs of Japan on the front were worse. In 1944, the OTOR was sent to the Philippines as a commander of a special process for sabotage operations in the enemy rear.

Parallel Reality of the Japanese Lieutenant

In January 1945, Diversanta and his subordinates were identified on Lubang Island, where he was tasked with sabotage and intelligence activities in the rear of American troops. The officer was tuned to the fact that his mission would last at least three to five years.

After the regular parts of the Japanese army on Lubang were broken, the junior lieutenant of the Ongi with his soldiers went to the mountains, where he created the base and moved to the partisan war.

Onoda and three of his soldiers did not embarrass either American leaflets discharged from the aircraft, which was said about the surrender of Japan, neither order to fold the weapon signed by the Japanese General - his copies were also scattered over the jungle of Lubang. Japanese soldiers considered that it was just American propaganda.

The partisan war of the detachment of one from four people continued for five years until the Philippine police surrendered to one of the fighters - Yuity Akatsu. It was he who said that his comrades, who were considered dead in their homeland, are still fighting on Lubang.

The Government of Japan has equipped a group to search for the detachment of the original, but the results did not give it.

In July 1954, the onoda with his soldiers faced a group of Philippine police officers. In battle died Seyty Simadawho covered the departure of the commander. After that, the search group sent from Japan reappeared the Jungle Lubang, but did not find it.

In 1969, the officer and his only remaining subordinate in Japan were repeatedly recognized as dead, posthumously awarding orders.

And in the meantime, it fought everything. Having established life in the jungle, he attacked the Philippine Military, police officers, made a sabotage against the American base located on the island. For three decades, the diverser destroyed 30 people and about 100 wounded.

The most interesting thing is that there is a radio receiver during his crawls and knew what was happening in the world. However, he hardly believed that Japan lost the second world War. And even Vietnamese War Diversian believed nothing but the Japanese counteroffensive in Indochite.

Capitulation by order of the seller books

In September 1972, the Philippine police shot a Japanese soldier who launched rice from the peasants. It turned out to be Kinsiti Kodzuka, the last subordinate one.

After that, the Japanese government again sent a mission to the Philippines, so that they still find the officer-saboteurs. And again the results did not bring it.

Helped the case. On February 20, 1974, a young Japanese traveler student stumbled upon in the jungle Norio Suzuki. He undertakes from surprise, the young man nevertheless began to explain to the officer that actually happened in the world, and began to persuade the one to return home.

OneDa, it seems, believed, but his answer was struck by a young man: "Without the order of the senior chief, I can't leave the combat post."

The student returned to Japan with photographs of the Oned, which produced a real sensation. Japan's authorities found the immediate commander of the Oned during the war, Major Yoshimi Tanyigutiwhich by that time was a modest employee of the bookstore, and, to dress him in a military uniform, sent to Lubang.

Having received an order on the radio from Major Tanyiguti, Junior Lieutenant Hiro Otode in full combat uniforms, with a weapon and a report on his actions on March 10, 1974 surrendered to the Philippine authorities.

Mentor Youth

According to the laws of the Philippines, it was necessary to judge as a criminal, but the Government of Japan managed to convince the authorities of the country that the case with the officer-diversant is special.

They met him ambiguously: the onoda talked to the slogans of the time of war, and sentiment in japanese society have changed a lot. Someone said at all: this is a born gangster, which just liked to kill people.

As a result, in 1975, the onoda went to Brazil, where he settled among the Japanese emigrants. He again returned to his homeland in 1984, when the excitement around his person already slept.

Not only the mood of the Japanese changed, the OTOR itself has changed. He mastered B. modern world, I softened and decided to engage in the upbringing of young people, opening my own survival school. The experience in survival at the original was such that someone could hardly compare with him. For its successful activities on the Nivi of the education of the younger generation of the ONDA, even a special award-winning government of Japan was noted.

OneDa the last part of life has lived for two houses - in Japan and Brazil. He wrote a few books of memoirs, the most famous of which became "not to give up: my thirty-year-old war."

The last soldiers of the Empire

If Hiro Osode was prepared a solemn capitulation, then for Tarou Nakamura It all happened not so rosy. The native of Taiwan, who did not even speak Japanese, he was called to the Imperial Army in 1943 and sent to the Indonesian Island of Morothay. At the end of the war, Nakamura lost contact with Tokyo, and the soldiers themselves surrounded the Americans. Nakamura managed not to get captured, and he went to the jungle, where he began to live like a real Robinzon..

Nakamura, in contrast to the original, not partition, but simply survived, being confident that when discovered would be killed.

I came across it only in 1974 and for two months persuaded to surrender. Finally, in December 1974, the soldiers capitulated in front of Indonesian soldiers.

55-year-old Nakamura was quite healthy and for a person who spent three decades in the jungle, looked great. But in the life of a soldier there was a real drama: he dreamed of returning to his beloved wife, but she, considering him dead, married another.

Nakamura was explained - Taiwan is now not the territory of Japan, so he has a choice where to go: to the country for which three decades fought, or where he was born. Nakamura chose Taiwan, where he was deported. The Japanese government paid a soldier compensation, which amounted to $ 227. In contrast, the peaceful life of Nakamura did not work out - he died only five years after the end of his long war.

History Syudi ёкоя Similar to the history of Nakamura and Oneds. The Japanese Cradle, who fought on the island of Guam, also refused to recognize the defeat of his country in World War II. Having left the comrades to the depths of the jungle Guam, he was hiding there for many years. In 1964, two of his colleagues died, and he remained alone. Capral lived hermit, feeding meat, mined on the hunt for which he left at night. I found in January 1972, after which he returned to Japan. 57-year-old Capral, having arrived at home, said the words that became a symbol of all Japanese soldiers with a similar fate: "I am painful ashamed that I returned alive."

Syuti Yoshi settled in the village in the native aiti prefecture, married and began to lead the modest life of the Japanese pensioner. However, about him, as about the ONOD, they often recalled journalists who invited him to a talk show and even removed a documentary film about the soldier.

Okyyi died in 1997 and was buried next to the grave of his mother, who did not wait for his son from the war.