WWII officially ended on September 2, 1945.

It went on a lot longer for some people.

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Sources:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-japanese-wwii-soldier-who-refused-to-surrender-for-27-years-180979431/

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/may/28/secondworldwar.japan

https://archive.today/20130717075553/http://newspaperarchive.com/pacific-stars-and-stripes/1949-01-10/page-5?tag=kufuku&rtserp=tags/kufuku%3Fndt=by&py=1949&pey=1951

"Straggler Reports to Emperor", Pacific Stars and Stripes, p. 1, June 8, 1960

https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1368&dat=19800405&id=J3pQAAAAIBAJ&pg=6758,842754