FOR Hiroo Onoda , the Second World War did not end in 1945.

The fanatical Japanese soldier did not believe his country had surrendered to to Allies - and carried on the fight for three decades.

Today marks the 80th anniversary of Victory in Japan (VJ) Day, when Emperor Hirohito announced his county's unconditional surrender.

But Onoda stubbornly refused to accept this, and holed up on an island in the Philippines with three other comrades to wage a guerrilla campaign of their own.

He followed one chilling last order from his commanding officer to the letter - "do not die".

Onoda was first deployed to Lubang Island in the Philippines on Boxing Day 1944, when he was just 22 years old.

It was here the young intelligence officer would make his decades long stand.

He explaine

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