Soldiers Who Still Fought Wars Decades Later (Compilation)

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All Comments (21)
  • There was a German soldier who didn't surrender until 1954 because he was trapped in a well stocked bunker for almost a decade, surprised he wasn't in this video.
  • @Onora619
    This happened to civilians too. A few years ago I saw a documentary about a man and his family who had fled deep into the woods in Russia during WWII and fled so deep they didn't know the war ended and it wasn't until the 1980s or 90s that they were discovered via helicopter and the living family members (so it was the children and then eventually one woman) lived there and twice a year or so she'd get supplies she wouldn't otherwise have access to dropped. It was one of those tragic yet somehow heartwarming and aspiring stories.
  • @ives3572
    "War's tragedy is that it uses man's best to do man's worst." - Harry Emerson Fosdick
  • these people took the term 'never back down never what' truly seriously
  • The woman could have become the queen of that island if she played her cards out
  • @scooternc95
    The last german soldiers to surrender were a meteorological crew stationed in northern Norway who surrendered to the crew of a Norwegian seal hunting ship
  • @Simplehistory
    Thanks to our supporters in our growing Patreon Army, we’ve produced a bonus chapter for our video "WW2 Guns Still Being Used Today." If you want to watch it while supporting our channel, you can check it out here: www.patreon.com/join/simplehistory :_SimHistoryBritish:
  • We had a " Forest Brothers" who were fighting Soviets till 1955.
  • The Punisher would feel for these soldiers to some extent
  • @kaletovhangar
    Here in Montenegro, ex Yugoslavia, there was a former Chetnk fighter, Vladimir Shipcic, who hid until 1957 when he was officially cornered and eliminated by the secret police, although there are many uncertainties surrounding the claim (there is a supposed photo of him jumping from the cliff into a river made by one of the policemen) and theory is that he actually managed to survive and escape to USA. My grandfather told me that he once spoke with his cousin and when he asked him about that theory, he supposedly exclaimed "Of course he is still alive. Who do you think is sending me money from America?".
  • First video background noise was disturbing, i had to pause the video to realize it was from the video not outside my home. 😂
  • @yosoylotoazul
    Do you think you can make a video about Thailand, and other countries being a forgotten axis country during WW2?
  • My father who served in the JGSDF did not respect Hiroo Onoda he heard him speak when he returned to Japan and he shamed modern Japan and my father referred to him as a murderer for continuing to eliminate Filipino civilians. My husband and father-in-law are both combat veterans so my views are a little different.
  • As for women they were a complete mystery to him. I can feel that lol