Ep. 251 - The Lost Japanese Gold

The Conspirators Podcast

History, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 20 January 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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During the days leading up to World War II, the Japanese army plundered hundreds of millions of dollars worth of gold and jewels from countries throughout their empire. But where did all that gold go? One story claims the Japanese took it all to the Philippines, and hid it inside secret underground tunnels, and that all that treasure is still waiting there to be discovered. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/theconspiratorspodcast Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@theconspiratorspodcast Notes: https://www.amazon.com/Gold-Warriors-Americas-Recovery-Yamashitas/dp/1844675319 https://crimereads.com/hawaii-search-yamashitas-gold/ https://www.livescience.com/treasure-hunters-fabled-gold-philippines-island.html https://www.ancient-origins.net/history-important-events/yamashitas-gold-enormous-war-treasure-hoard-remains-elusive-007246 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:04.1	By the spring of 1942, the Japanese Empire stretched throughout the Pacific, all the way from
1:11.7	Manchuria, through Southeast Asia, and down to the Solomon Islands.
1:16.6	Such an endeavor wasn't cheap, though.
1:18.8	In the eight years leading up to World War II, the Japanese army rampaged throughout China,
1:24.6	Korea, Malaysia, and Indonesia, systematically stripping these countries of
1:29.9	thousands of years of wealth and priceless treasures. In the process, the Japanese army
1:34.9	committed a horrific series of atrocities and war crimes on an unprecedented scale. Some estimates
1:42.1	say that by 1945, the Japanese military amassed anywhere from
1:45.5	60 to a hundred billion dollars worth of gold, silver, jewels, and other priceless artifacts.
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