Timeline of the surrender of Axis forces at the end of World War II


This is a timeline of the surrenders of the various armies of the Axis powers that marked the end of World War II. There are two lists: the first denotes surrenders in April–November 1945. The second one shows the surrenders of Japanese holdouts that only surrendered in the months, years, and even decades after the end of the war.

Table of surrenders

CountryForces it applies toNumber of troops surrendered Commanding OfficerDate surrender document signed Date surrender took effect Notes
ItalyAll forces of the Italian Social Republic429,000Maresciallo d'Italia Rodolfo GrazianiApril 29May 1
NetherlandsKampfgruppen "General Seyffardt" of the 23rd SS Volunteer Panzer Grenadier Division Nederland in Halbe, Germany500Jürgen Wagner?May 1May 1Destroyed in the Halbe pocket
GermanyArmy Group C, in Italy and Western Austrianearly 1,000,000Obergruppenführer Karl WolffApril 29May 2, at 12:00 PM
Belgium 27th SS Volunteer Division Langemarck, at Mecklenburg-Vorpommern6,000?Thomas MüllerMay 2May 2
LatviaComponents of the 15th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS, south of Schwerin, Germanyc. 4,500Karl BurkMay 2May 2
Germany/
France/
Other		All forces in Berlin480,000 General der Artillerie Helmuth WeidlingMay 2May 2, at 6:00 PM
GermanyXXI Army and the Third Panzer Army at Hagenow, Germany300,000General der Infanterie Kurt von Tippelskirch ; General der Panzertruppe Hasso von Manteuffel Night of May 2–3May 3
NetherlandsKampfgruppen "de Ruys" of the 23rd SS Volunteer Panzer Grenadier Division Nederland, west of Parchim, Germany500Jürgen Wagner?May 3May 3
Germany36th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS700-May 3May 3
GermanyArmy Group H, in Northwest Germany, Schleswig-Holstein, Heligoland, the Frisian Islands, Denmark and other islands near Northwest Germany880,000Generaladmiral Hans-Georg von Friedeburg and General der Infanterie Eberhard KinzelMay 4May 5, at 8:00 AM
Hungary25th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS Hunyadi and 26th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS, near Lake Atterseec. 29,606 Józef GrassyMay 3–5May 5Part of Army Group H
GermanyU-291, U-779, U-883, U-1103, U-1406, U-1407, U-2341 and U-2356257-306? Hermann Neumeister, Johann Stegmann, Johanes Uebel, Wilhelm Eisele, Werner Klug, Horst Heitz, Hermann Böhm and Friedrich Hartel May 5May 5Surrendered in Cuxhaven
GermanyU-235114-18?Werner BrücknerMay 5May 5Surrendered in Flensburg
GermanyU-143, U-145, U-149, U-150, U-368, U-720 and U-1230236-268? Walter Kasparek,
Friedrich-Karl Görner, Helmut Plohr, Jürgen Kriegshammer, Götz Roth, Wolf-Harald Schüer and Hans Hilbig 		May 5May 5Surrendered in Heligoland
GermanyU-155, U-680 and U-1233144-168? Friedrich Altmeier, Max Ulber, and Heinrich Niemeyer May 5May 5Surrendered in Baring Bay off Fredericia
GermanyAll forces in the Netherlands120,000Johannes BlaskowitzMay 4May 5, at 4:00 PMSeparate surrender from the surrender in Northwest Germany and Denmark
GermanyU-80648?Klaus HornbostelMay 6May 6Surrendered in Aarhus
Other17th SS Panzergrenadier Division Götz von Berlichingen, at Rottach-Egern8,811Georg BochmannMay 6May 6
GermanyArmy Group G, in Bavaria400,000Hermann FoertschMay 4, at 2:30 PMMay 6, at 12:00 PM
GermanyAll forces in Breslau45,000Hermann NiehoffMay 6May 6, at 6:00 PM
Germany/
Soviet Union		Twelfth Army and remnants of the Ninth Army, at Tangermündec. 200,000 Walther Wenck May 7May 7No commander for the 9th Army
GermanyAll forces in La Rochellec. 22,000?Ernst SchirlitzMay 7May 7, at 11:45 PM
Germany/
Italy		All forces on the Dodecanese Islandsc. 5,600 Otto WagenerMay 8May 8, at 10:00 AM
GermanyU-119844-56?Gerhard PetersMay 8May 8Surrendered in Cuxhaven
Hungary 18th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division Horst Wessel, in Czechoslovakia4,000?Heinrich PetersenMay 8May 8
Germany1st Naval Infantry Division, along the Oder2,000?Wilhelm BleckwennMay 8May 8
Germany2nd Naval Infantry Division, in Schleswig-Holstein2,000?Werner-Graf von Bassewitz-LevetzowMay 8May 8
Germany6th Parachute DivisionUnknownHermann PlocherMay 8May 8
Germany7th Parachute Division, in OldenburgUnknownWolfgang ErdmannMay 8May 8
Germany1st Fallschirm-Panzer Division Hermann Göring, in Dresden5,000?Max LemkeMay 8May 8
Germany32nd SS Volunteer Grenadier Division 30 Januar, in Tangermünde5,000?Hans KempinMay 8May 8
Germany38th SS Division Nibelungen, in Alpen-Donau, Germany6,000?Martin StrangeMay 8May 8
Germany4th SS Polizei Panzergrenadier Division, along the Elbe Riverc. 9,000?Walter HarzerMay 8May 8
Germany35th SS and Police Grenadier Division, along the ElbeUnknown-May 8May 8Commanding officer killed on April 25
Germany10th Parachute Division, in AustriaUnknownHans KreysingMay 8May 8
Russia XV SS Cossack Cavalry Corps in Austria50,000Hermann von PannwitzMay 8May 8
Hungary 31st SS Volunteer Grenadier Division, in Czechoslovakia10,000?Wilhelm TrabandtMay 8May 8
Germany16th SS Panzergrenadier Division Reichsführer-SS, in Klagenfurt, Austriac. 14,000?Otto BaumMay 8May 8
Germany9th SS Panzer Division Hohenstaufen, in Linz, Austriac. 6,000?Sylvester StadlerMay 8May 8
Germany6th SS Mountain Division Nord, in Austriac. 2,000Franz SchreiberMay 8May 8
Germany12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend, in Enns, Austriac. 10,000Hugo KraasMay 8May 8Made up the bulk of the I SS Panzer Corps
IndiaIndian Legion, near Lake Constance2,000unknownMay 8?May 8?
Germany10th SS Panzer Division Frundsberg, in Teplice, Czechoslovakiac. 15,000?Franz RoestelMay 8May 8
GermanyAll forces in Norwayc. 400,000Franz BöhmeMay 8May 8, at 11:00 PM
GermanyAll German forcesN/AWilhelm KeitelMay 7May 9, at 12:01 AM
NetherlandsMost of the 34th SS Volunteer Grenadier Division Landstorm Nederland, near Oosterbeek5,956Martin KohlroserMay 9May 9
GermanyU-119448-56?Herbert ZeisslerMay 9May 9Surrendered in Cuxhaven
GermanyU-51048?Alfred EickMay 9May 9Surrendered in St. Nazaire
GermanyAll forces on Jersey11,671Vice Admiral Friedrich HüffmeierMay 9May 9, at 10:00 AM
Hungary37th SS Volunteer Cavalry Division Lützow, in Steyr180Karl GeseleMay 9May 9
Germany1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler, in Steyr, Austriac. 1,600SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Waffen-SS Otto KummMay 9May 9Made up part of the I SS Panzer Corps
Various5th SS Panzer Division Wiking, in Czechoslovakiac. 14,000?Karl UllrichMay 9May 9
Germany2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich, in Czechoslovakiac. 2,000?SS-Standartenführer Karl KreutzMay 9May 9
Germany3rd SS Panzer Division Totenkopf, in Czechoslovakiac. 1,000Hellmuth BeckerMay 9May 9
Yugoslav and
Italian Germans		24th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Karstjäger, in Yugoslaviac. 3,000Adolf WagnerMay 9May 9
GermanyAll forces in the Heiligenbeil Pocket, the Danzig beachhead, the Hel Peninsula, and in the Vistula Deltac. 100,000Dietrich von SauckenMay 9May 9, at 11:00 AM
GermanyAll forces in Dunkirk20,000Friedrich FrisiusMay 9May 9, at 4:00 PM
GermanyAll forces in Bornholmc. 12,000Gerhard von KamptzMay 9May 9, at 4:30 PM
GermanyU-127244-52?Hans SchatteburgMay 10May 10Surrendered in Bergen
Germany/
Latvia		Army Group Courland, in the Courland Pocketc. 180,000 Carl HilpertMay 10May 10
GermanyAll forces in Lorientc. 2,000?General Wilhelm FahrmbacherMay 10May 10
GermanyU-24944-60?Uwe KockMay 10May 10Surrendered in Portland, United Kingdom
GermanyU-1009, U-1058, U-1105 and U-1305180-216?Dietrich Zehle, Hermann Bruder, Hans-Joachim Schwarz and Helmuth Christiansen May 10May 10Surrendered in Loch Eriboll
GermanyU-102344-52?Heinrich-Andreas SchroetelerMay 10May 10Surrendered in Weymouth, Dorset
Germany16 crew members on U-877 off Bergen16N/AMay 10May 10the rest continued on to Argentina
GermanyAll forces on Sark281Vice Admiral Friedrich HüffmeierMay 9May 10
Galicia 1st Ukrainian Division of the Ukrainian National Army, in Italy25,000?Pavlo ShandrukMay 10May 10
Croatia373rd Infantry Division, west of Sisak2,000?Hans GravensteinMay 10May 10
EstoniaMost of the 20th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS, at Mělník, Czechoslovakia7,000?Berthold MaackMay 11May 11Part of the III Panzer Corps
EstoniaElements of the 20th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS, in Czechoslovakia3,000unknownMay 11May 11
GermanyAll forces in Saint-Nazaire28,000Major General Werner JunckMay 10May 11
GermanyArmy Group Centrec. 580,000Ferdinand SchörnerMay 11May 11Schörner himself surrendered days later.
GermanyU-293, U-802 and U-826140-164?Erich Steinbrink, Helmut Schmoeckel and Olaf LübckeMay 11May 11Surrendered in Loch Eriboll
GermanyU-300857?Helmut ManseckMay 11May 11Surrendered in Kiel
Croatia369th Infantry Division, near Bleiburg, Austriac. 2,000Fritz NeidholdtMay 11May 11
Germans
from various areas		7th SS Volunteer Mountain Division Prinz Eugen, in Celje, Slovenia20,000?August SchmidthuberMay 11May 11
GermanyAll forces on Crete10,000General Hans-Georg BenthackMay 10May 12Unconfirmed sources put the date in June
Croatia13th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Handschar 12,000?Desiderius HampelMay 12May 12
GermanyAll forces on Guernsey11,755VIce Admiral Friedrich HüffmeierMay 9May 12, at 2:00 PM
GermanyAll forces under Carl Friedrich von Pückler-Burghaussc. 6,000Carl Friedrich von Pückler-BurghaussMay 12May 12
GermanyU-110944-52?Friedrich von RiesenMay 12May 12Surrendered in Loch Eriboll
GermanyU-21844?Rupprecht StockMay 12May 12Surrendered in Bergen
GermanyU-485 and U-54192-108? Friedrich Lutz and Kurt Petersen May 12May 12Surrendered in Gibraltar
GermanyU-532, U-825, U-956 and U-1231184-216?Ottoheinrich Junker, Gerhard Stoelker, Hans-Dieter Mohs and Helmut Wicke May 13May 13Surrendered in Loch Eriboll
GermanyU-73944-60?Johannes NeyMay 13May 13Surrendered in Emden, Germany
GermanyU-110244-57?Erwin SellMay 13May 13Surrendered in Hohwacht Bay
GermanyU-88948?Friedrich BraeuckerMay 13May 13Surrendered in Shelbourne, Canada
RussiaRussian Liberation Army c. 20,000Sergei BunyachenkoMay 14May 14Ordered to disband.
GermanyU-244, U-516, U-764 and U-1010180-220?Hans-Peter Mackeprang, Friedrich Petran, Hanskurt von Bremen and Günther Strauch May 14May 14Surrendered in Loch Eriboll
GermanyU-111044-52?Joachim-Walter BachMay 14May 14Surrendered in List auf Sylt
GermanyU-100544-52?Hermann LauthMay 14May 14Surrendered in Bergen
GermanyU-232614-18?Karl JobstMay 14May 14Surrendered in Dundee
GermanyU-19048?Hans-Erwin ReithMay 14May 14Surrendered in the Bay of Bulls
GermanyU-85848?Thilo BodeMay 14May 14Surrendered in Lewes, Delaware
GermanyArmy Group Ec. 13,000Alexander LöhrMay 14May 14See Battle of Slivice
GermanyU-80548?Richard BernardelliMay 15May 15Surrendered in Portsmouth, New Hampshire
GermanyU-90148-56?Hans SchrenkMay 15May 15Surrendered in Stavanger
GermanyU-233614-18?Emil KlusmeierMay 15May 15Surrendered in Kiel
Germany/
Croatia/
Slovenia/
Montenegro		A large column in Poljana, Prevalje29,650 N/AMay 15May 15, at 4 PMSee Battle of Poljana
GermanyAll forces on Alderney3,202Vice Admiral Friedrich HüffmeierMay 16May 16
GermanyU-77648-56?Lothar MartinMay 16May 16Surrendered in Portland, United Kingdom
GermanyU-87355-64?Friedrich SteinhoffMay 16May 16Surrendered in Portsmouth, New Hampshire
GermanyU-25544-60?Helmut HeinrichMay 17May 17Surrendered in Loch Eriboll
GermanyU-122848?Friedrich-Wilhelm MarienfeldMay 17May 17Surrendered in Portsmouth, New Hampshire
CroatiaRemnants of the 13th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Handschar, in Austriasee previous section on this divisionN/AMay 18May 18
GermanyU-23412Johann-Heinrich FehlerMay 19May 19Surrendered in Portsmouth, New Hampshire
GeorgiaGeorgian Legion on Texel226None May 20May 20see Georgian uprising on Texel
for more details
GermanyAll German forces on Texel4,000Klaus BreitnerMay 20May 20Fighting against the Georgian Legion
GermanyA small company of soldiers on Minquiers reef80?N/AMay 23May 23
CroatiaRemnants of Croatian forces, in Odžakc. 1,800?N/AMay 25May 25Some soldiers became guerrillas and fought until spring 1947. Everyone else was KIA. See Battle of Odžak for more details
GermanyU-53048?Otto WermuthJuly 10July 10Surrendered at Mar del Plata
GermanyU-97728-44?Heinz SchäfferAugust 17August 17Surrendered at Mar del Plata
JapanAll forces on Bougainville Island21,335Hitoshi ImamuraAugust 21August 21
JapanAll forces in Manchuria1,950,479Otozō YamadaAugust 22August 22
JapanAll forces on Mili Atollc. 2,282Navy Captain Masanori ShigaAugust 22August 22
JapanAir force personnel in central Bukidnon4,000UnknownAugust 23August 23
JapanAll forces on Shumshu8,244Tsutsumi FusakiAugust 23August 23
JapanAll forces on Sakhalin394,551Lieutenant General Kiichiro HiguchiAugust 25August 25
JapanPersonnel in the Infanta area of Southern Luzonc, 1,500August 30August 30
JapanAll forces on Marcus Islandc. 2,542UnknownAugust 31August 31
JapanAll forces on Bangka Island and Billiton IslandUnknownUnknownSeptember 1September 1
JapanAll forces in BataanUnknownUnknownSeptember 1September 1
JapanAll Japanese forces2,354,946Yoshijirō UmezuSeptember 2September 2, at 12:00 AMFormal surrender of all Japanese forces
JapanAll forces on Rota Island2,665Shigeo IwagawaSeptember 2September 2, at 1:00 AM
JapanAll forces on Paganc. 2,494Colonel UmehachiSeptember 2September 2
JapanAll forces in Penang26,000Jisaku UozamiSeptember 2September 2
JapanAll forces in Thailand114,351Lieutenant Colonel HamadaSeptember 2September 2
JapanForces in the southern Cagayan Valley, in the PhilippinesUnknownColonel MatsuiSeptember 2September 2
JapanAll forces on Truk Atoll28,000Shunzaburo MugikuraSeptember 3September 3
JapanAll forces in the Palau Islands44,000Lieutenant General Sadae InoueSeptember 3September 3
JapanAll forces in the Bonin Islands23,379Lieutenant Yoshio TachibanaSeptember 3September 3
JapanAll forces in the Philippines151,102Tomoyuki YamashitaSeptember 3, at 12:10 PMSeptember 3
JapanForces in Cebu2,900UnknownSeptember 4?September 4?
JapanForces in the Negros Occidental1,400UnknownSeptember 4?September 4?
JapanForces on Mindoro7,000UnknownSeptember 4?September 4?
JapanAll forces on Wake Islandc. 4,139Rear Admiral Shigematsu SakaibaraSeptember 4September 4
JapanAll forces on Aguiganc. 200Second Lieutenant Kinichi YamadaSeptember 4September 4
GermanyGarrison on Bear Island11Lieutenant Wilhelm DegeSeptember 4September 4see Operation Haudegen for more details
JapanAll forces on Yap Islandc. 5,917Colonel Daihachi ItohSeptember 5September 5
JapanAll forces in the Kuril Islands70,136Tsutsumi FusakiSeptember 5September 5
JapanAll forces on Jaluit Atollc. 2,311Captain Nisuke MasudaSeptember 5September 5
JapanAll forces on UlithiSeptember 5September 5
JapanA small force in the Capisayan District of the PhilippinesMore than 2,300UnknownSeptember 2September 6
JapanAll forces in the Bismarck Islands, Christmas Island, Wewak, the Solomon Islands and other Australian territories in the South Pacific139,000 Hitoshi Imamura, Admiral Jinichi Kusaka September 6, at 11:27 AMSeptember 6Unknown number of soldiers in Christmas Island
JapanAll forces in the Ryukyu Islands62,414Lieutenant General Nomi ToshiroSeptember 7September 7
JapanAll forces on Kusaiec. 4,511Lieutenant General Yoshikazu HiradaSeptember 8September 8
JapanThe Japanese Northern FleetSeptember 8September 8
JapanAll forces on Morotai and Halmahera126,000Heitarō KimuraSeptember 9September 9
JapanAll forces in China1,541,973Yasuji OkamuraMorning of September 9September 9
JapanAll forces in Korea south of the 38th parallel420,796Lieutenant General Yoshio KozukiSeptember 9 September 9
All forces in Korea, north of the 38th parallel595,418Yoshio KozukiSeptember 9September 9
JapanAll forces in Borneo and the Dutch East Indies east of Lombok42,459 Lieutenant General Fusataro TeshimaSeptember 8September 9
JapanA Japanese force in Chinac. 140,000N/ASeptemberSeptemberJoined the Chinese Red Army
JapanAll forces on Wotje Atoll and Maeolap Atollc. 2,162 September 10September 10
JapanAll forces in North Borneo10,300Lieutenant General Masao BabaSeptember 10September 10
JapanAll forces in Labuansee forces in Sarawaksee forces in SarawakSeptember 10September 10
JapanAll forces in New Guinea37,658Hatazō AdachiSeptember 11September 11
JapanThirty-Seventh Army, in Sarawakc. 15,000Lieutenant General Masao BabaSeptember 11September 11
JapanAll forces in Timor3,235Colonel Kaida TatsuichiSeptember 11September 11
JapanAll forces on Ponape Islandc. 7,984Lieutenant General Masao WatanabeSeptember 11September 11
JapanAll forces in Singapore and the Dutch East Indiesc. 585,000 Hisaichi TerauchiSeptember 12September 12Formal ceremony for the forces in the Malay Peninsula took place on February 22, 1946.
JapanAll forces on Nauru3,745Captain Hisayuki SoedaSeptember 13September 13
JapanAll forces in Burma71,733Hisaichi TerauchiSeptember 13September 13
JapanAll forces in Hong Kong19,222General Takashi SakaiSeptember 16September 16
JapanAll forces on LamotrekSeptember 16September 16
JapanAll forces on NamolukSeptember 17September 17
JapanAll forces on Woleai1,600September 19September 19
Japan38th Army in Indochina106,184Lieutenant General Yuitsu TsuchihashiSeptember 28September 28
JapanAll forces in Miyako Island and on Ishigaki Island32,000 September 29September 29
JapanAll forces on Ocean Islandc. 760Lieutenant Nahoomi SuzukiOctober 1October 1
JapanAll forces on Tobi, Sonsorol, and Merir1,339 October 6October 6
JapanAll forces in the Andaman and Nicobar Islandsc. 600?October 7October 7
JapanNorth China Area ArmyHiroshi NemotoOctober 10October 10
JapanThird Air Fleet-October 15October 15
JapanAll forces on Puluwatc. 1,253Tatsuo YasuiOctober 16October 16
JapanAll forces in Sumatra68,764Moritake TanabeOctober 21October 21
JapanAll forces in the Nomoi Islandsc. 1,010UnknownOctober 21October 21
JapanAll forces in Taiwan, the Paracel Islands, and the Spratly Islands488,417 Rikichi AndōSeptember 9 October 25
JapanMilitary personnel on LukunorNovemberNovember
JapanTwelfth Air Fleet-November 30November 30

Table of Japanese holdouts

This table displays a chronology of Japanese holdouts throughout the Pacific. The pink-colored rows show unconfirmed holdouts, while the gray-colored rows show those holdouts who were aware the war was over, but did not surrender.
CountryForces the surrender applies toCommanding officerNumber of troops surrendered Date of surrender Notes
JapanA company of soldiers on SaipanCaptain Sakae Ōba47
JapanHoldout on Corregidor1
JapanArmy personnel in Corregidor20
JapanUnit south of Manila48originally 120, but many were killed
JapanA group of holdouts on Lubang30
JapanGroup of holdouts on Lubang41
JapanMajor Sei Igawa in Indochina1Volunteered as a staff officer with the Viet Minh; killed in a firefight with French troops.
JapanNavy Lieutenant HIdeo Horiuchi in Indonesia1Volunteered as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Indonesian Army; arrested by Dutch troops.
JapanSoldiers under Ei Yamaguchi in PelelieuLIeutenant Ei Yamaguchi34
JapanMortar team on Palawan7
JapanStragglers in Luzon15
JapanStraggler in Guadalcanal1
JapanParty of soldiers on Mindanao200
JapanSoldiers in Guam2
JapanHoldouts in the mountains in Manchuriac. 20,000
JapanNaval machine gunners Yamakage Kufuku and Matsudo Linsoki on Iwo Jima2
JapanHoldouts in New Guinea8
JapanCommander Namataro Nagai on New Guinea1
JapanPrivate First Class Yūichi Akatsu in the Philippine village of Looc, Occidental Mindoro1Was on Lubang Island with Hiroo Onoda until surrender.
JapanMajor Takuo Ishii in Indochina1Served with the Viet Minh as an adviser until he was killed by French troops.
JapanA petty officer on Anatahan Island1Reported the 18 men on Anatahan.
JapanHoldouts on Anatahan Island18
JapanCorporal Shōichi Shimada on Lubang Island1Shimada was with Hiroo Onoda until the former's death in a shootout with Philippine police.
JapanLieutenant Kikuo Tanimoto in Indochina1Volunteered as a Viet Minh adviser and commander. He returned to Japan after Vietnam's independence.
JapanStragglers in Hollandia21
JapanSeaman Noburo Kinoshita in the Luzon jungle1Hanged himself after being captured.
JapanJapanese airmen Simada Kakuo, Simokubo Kumao, Odjima Mamoru and Jaegasi Sanzo in Hollandia4Survivors of a larger group.
JapanSoldiers on Morotai9
JapanLieutenant Sigheichi Yamamoto and corporals Unitaro Ishii, Masajii Izumida and Juhie Nakano on MindoroLieutenant Sigheichi Yamamoto4
JapanPrivate Bunzō Minagawa on Guam1
JapanSergeant Masashi Itō on Guam1Mingawa's superior.
JapanA Lieutenant in Okinawa1
JapanHoldout on Vella Lavella1
JapanHoldout on Okinawa1Late 1960s-Early 1970sYear unknown
JapanCorporal Shoichi Yokoi on Guam1Served under Itō
JapanPrivate 1st Class KInshichi Kozuka on Lubang1Was with Hiroo Onoda until Kozuka died in a shootout with Philippine police.
JapanLIeutenant Hiroo Onoda1
Taiwan Private Teruo Nakamura on Morotai1
JapanStraggler on Vella Lavella1unconfirmed
JapanCaptain Fumio Nakaharu in Mount Halcon in the Philippines1There were reports of him holding out, but a search party found no evidence aside from some huts.
JapanHoldouts on Vella Lavella21981/1989No evidence for the holdouts' existence.
JapanShigeyuki Hashimoto and Kiyoaki Tanaka in Thailand2
JapanPossible holdouts on Kolombangara2 or 3
JapanA soldier in MindoroSangrayban1
JapanUnconfirmed holdouts in Mt. Makarakomburi0Unlikely

Number of troops surrendered

If one were to add up all of these numbers, the number of troops surrendered would be as follows ;
Country of originApproximate number of
soldiers surrendered
Japanese9,779,248
Germans4,889,905
Italians429,600
Russians70,000
Foreign-born Germans ''37,000
Croatians33,050
Other foreigners in the SS31,811
Hungarians29,786
Galician Ukrainians25,000
Latvians19,500
Slovenes11,400
Estonians10,000
Dutch6,956
Flemish6,000
Various Soviet Union people5,000
Indians2,000
Montenegrins2,000
Georgians226
French30
Total15,388,513