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Originally Posted by roachboy
while what guyy said is right, i dont imagine that being the history channel's kind of thing. it doesn't wrap up nicely in the alloted time slot. better to focus on a more containable "last casualty"----btw wasn't there a a soldier--i cant remember from where--maybe japan?----in maybe new guinea who didnt know the war was over or something until the early 1970s?
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Yes there were a bunch of them all over Asia. In Indochina, Philippines, etc. Many knew of the surrender but refused to do so anyways and would continue harassing and killing people in their area. These soldiers were more a "casualty" of their extreme militarist government and emperor worship than anything. It shows just how determined they were and would not stop fighting.
However, real casualties would be the Chinese et al who continue to suffer the effects of the Holocaust and Japanese denial as well as the number of bombs, ordinance and chemical weapons left on Chinese soil that explode and leak from time to time killing and maiming so many while the Japanese refuse to clean up their mess. But at least we were able to end the war thanks to the dropping of the atom bombs. Thank the Lord for the Enola Gay and her noble life-saving mission.