I discovered the origin of this legend and how it completely disappeared.
There are many stories about hidden or missing treasures. Many of these date back to events that occurred centuries ago, but this is not the case of the Yamashita golda case that occurred at the end of World War II and that today awakens the curiosity of many adventurers.
Tomoyuki Yamashita was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second War, known for causing the greatest military defeat of the British Army during the invasion of Malaya and Singapore between 1941 and 1942. It is also known as the “Malaysian Tiger”because he was responsible for the murder of a Japanese man responsible for the deaths of British medical staff and patients at Alexandra Hospital in Singapore.
Tomoyuki Yamashita and World War II
After the fall of Singapore in 1942, the general was reassigned to Manchukuo and was sidelined for much of the Pacific War because He was blamed for the Sook Ching Massacre.. However, in 1944 he was rescued from exile and assumed command to defend the Philippineswhich were occupied by the American army.
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Yamashita Treasure Value
The myth of the treasure tells that the general looted several areas, churches and museums in Asia during the campaign in Malaysia, Singapore, Burma and the Philippines during 1942 and 1945. This would consist of gold, silver, precious stones, jewelry, historical documents, artistic objects and religious, and is estimated to have a value of more than 100 billion dollars. It is believed that Yamashita’s idea was to take all the loot to Japan once the war ended, but not everything happened as he expected.
What happened to Yamashita’s treasure?
Shortly after the war ended, Yamashita realized that he would not be able to escape from the Philippines alive, since the American army had them surrounded. That is why decided to hide the looted treasure and bury it underground in a complex of tunnels that only he knew about. Other myths say that he chose some kamikaze officers, with the help of Filipino prisoners, to bury parts of the gold at different coordinates and then They murdered said prisoners so that there would be no witnesses.
Finally, Yamashita surrendered on September 3, 1945. and a military court found him guilty of war crimes, so he was hanged in 1946. Although before that they asked him about the whereabouts of the treasure, he took his secret to the grave and, to this day, no one really knows where Yamashita’s treasure is located.
Source: Ambito
I am an author and journalist who has worked in the entertainment industry for over a decade. I currently work as a news editor at a major news website, and my focus is on covering the latest trends in entertainment. I also write occasional pieces for other outlets, and have authored two books about the entertainment industry.
