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Aug 19, 2022 · Gold bars, handfuls of diamonds and a mysterious statue. It took them seven months to break into a system of underground tunnels where they stumbled on bayonets, rifles and a human skeleton wearing a Japanese army uniform.
Yamashita's gold, also referred to as the Yamashita treasure, is the name given to the alleged war loot stolen in Southeast Asia by Imperial Japanese forces during World War II and supposedly hidden in caves, tunnels, or underground complexes in different cities in the Philippines.
General Yamashita’s supreme command of the Philippines was established very late in the war, at a time when the Japanese were mostly cut off from land and sea, making the transport of...
Sep 8, 2015 · The treasure trove is how Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita, commander of the Japanese Imperial Army during the war, is remembered, 70 years after he surrendered to Filipino guerrillas and the United States on Sept. 3, 1945, at Camp John Hay in this city. Yamashita’s surrender was the final act that ended the war in the Pacific.
Apr 2, 2019 · One man, a Filipino treasure hunter named Rogelio Roxas, claimed that in 1961 he was given a map by the son of a Japanese soldier, which purported to show the location of Yamashita’s hidden treasure.
Apr 29, 2019 · It was believed to be part a long-rumored stash of plunder that Japanese general Tomoyuki Yamashita had buried in the Philippines in the waning days of World War II. Marcos’ agents had stolen it...
May 12, 2016 · You have surely heard the tales of Aztec gold and Incan treasure, but how about the Yamashita gold? General Yamashita of the Imperial Army of Japan is purported to have buried or hidden away tons of gold in the Philippines. Literally, tons of gold, among other precious metals, gems, and artwork. The alleged value of all this treasure?
Feb 3, 2020 · The treasure hunters are thought to be searching for Yamashita's gold, a fabled hoard of bullion and other valuables said to have been buried somewhere on the islands of the Philippines at...
Jun 16, 2022 · Find out why this fascination with treasures persists among Filipinos and how late dictator Ferdinand Marcos’ son is fuelling that obsession. Japan's General Tomoyuki Yamashita (far left) in...
So, did General Yamashita and Prince Takeda bury an enormous amount of treasure somewhere in the Philippines? Was - as one highly dubious conspiracy theory suggests - the treasure discovered and spirited away by the Americans to use as dark money in fighting the Cold War?
