Hiroshima and Nagasaki each had an Atomic bomb dropped on them, forcing the formal Japanese surrender on 15th August announced by Emperor Hirohito, and two weeks later, on September 2nd, the war was officially over .

Despite hostilities finally ending, it seems that not everyone got the message. Some Japanese soldiers held out into the 1950s, 60s, and 70s for a mixture of reasons. Some had been sent to remote Pacific islands and communication had been lost with the outside world so they missed the broadcasts that the war had ended. Others doubted the legitimacy of Japan’s surrender, and others still just refused to believe it was all over.

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Credit:
Show Created by Daniel Turner (B.A. (Hons) in History, University College London)
Script: Tash Martell
Narrator: Chris Kane (https://vocalforge.com)