[PAR] [TLE] Battle of Luzon [SEP] The Battle of Luzon, fought 9 January – 15 August 1945, was a land battle of the Pacific Theater of Operations of World War II by the Allied forces of the U.S., its colony the Philippines, and allies against forces of the Empire of Japan.  The battle resulted in a U.S. and Filipino victory.  The Allies had taken control of all strategically and economically important locations of Luzon by March 1945, although pockets of Japanese resistance held out in the mountains until the unconditional surrender of Japan.  While not the highest in U.S. casualties, it is the highest net casualty battle U.S. forces fought in World War II, with 192,000 to 205,000 Japanese combatants dead (mostly from starvation and disease), 10,000 American combatants killed, and between 120,000 to 140,000 Filipino civilians and combatants killed. [PAR] [TLE] Japanese holdout [SEP] Japanese holdouts (残留日本兵 , Zanryū nipponhei , "remaining Japanese soldiers") or stragglers were Japanese soldiers in the Pacific Theatre who, after the August 1945 surrender of Japan ending World War II, either adamantly doubted the veracity of the formal surrender due to dogmatic militaristic principles, or simply were not aware of it because communications had been cut off by Allied advances.
[PAR] [TLE] Battle of Luzon [ SEP ] The Battle of Luzon , fought 9 January – 15 August 1945 , was a land battle of the Pacific Theater of Operations of World War II by the Allied forces of the U.S. , its colony the Philippines , and allies against forces of the Empire of Japan . The battle resulted in a U.S. and Filipino victory . The Allies had taken control of all strategically and economically important locations of Luzon by March 1945 , although pockets of Japanese resistance held out in the mountains until the unconditional surrender of Japan . While not the highest in U.S. casualties , it is the highest net casualty battle U.S. forces fought in World War II , with 192,000 to 205,000 Japanese combatants dead ( mostly from starvation and disease ) , 10,000 American combatants killed , and between 120,000 to 140,000 Filipino civilians and combatants killed . [PAR] [TLE] Japanese holdout [ SEP ] Japanese holdouts ( 残留日本兵 , Zanryū nipponhei , " remaining Japanese soldiers " ) or stragglers were Japanese soldiers in the Pacific Theatre who , after the August 1945 surrender of Japan ending World War II , either adamantly doubted the veracity of the formal surrender due to dogmatic militaristic principles , or simply were not aware of it because communications had been cut off by Allied advances .
Men who refused to believe in the formal surrender of Japan continued to stay where?
Men who refused to believe in the formal surrender of Japan continued to stay where ?
in the mountains
in the mountains