Uploaded February 2024 | Updated September 2026, 13 hours ago

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At the close of the second world war, bloodiest conflict in human history, many were thankful that the war was over. For some it would be a return home as victor, for others it would be captivity as a prisoner of war but for most it was an arduous process of rebuilding. But for some, the war would not be over. One of the more remarkable and disturbing examples is that of Hiroo Onoda