Morotai Island Regency
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Morotai Island Regency is a regency of North Maluku province, Indonesia, located on Morotai island. It covers an area of 2,336.6 km2 including the smaller Rao Island to the west of Morotai. The popula
Australian forces at Morotai in 1945
Beach on Morotai, North Halmahera
General Douglas MacArthur
Japanese holdout
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Japanese holdouts were soldiers of the Imperial Japanese Army and Imperial Japanese Navy in the Pacific Theatre of World War II who continued fighting after the surrender of Japan at the end of the wa
Morotai Island Regency
…islets and reefs of the west coast of Morotai is the Morotai Strait, which is about 10 km (6.2 mi) wide. The island is the location of the last known Japanese holdout, Teruo Nakamura, who surrendered in 1974, almost 30 years after the end of hostilities in 1945. During the 15th and 16th centuries, Morotai was generally…
Japanese holdout soldiers still occupying the city of Bukittinggi, after the surrender of Japan and the Proclamation of Indonesian Independence
Second Lieutenant Sakae Ōba, a Japanese holdout, photo from 1937.
Shouichi yokoi
Hiroo Onoda young