Japan / Philippines: General Tomoyuki Yamashita, Commander of the Imperial Japanese 14th Area Army, leads his staff officers out of the Luzon Mountains to surrender, 2 September 1945

General Tomoyuki Yamashita was a general of the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II. He was most famous for conquering the British colonies of Malaya and Singapore, earning the nickname 'The Tiger of Malaya'. He served in Manchuria and North China as well as the Philippines. In 1945 he was convicted of war crimes, and on 23 February 1946, at Los Ba–os, Laguna Prison Camp, 30 miles (48 km) south of Manila, Yamashita was hanged. (Photo by: Pictures From History/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)