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24 paź 2024 · Bataan Death March, march in the Philippines of some 66 miles that 76,000 prisoners of war were forced by the Japanese military to endure in April 1942, during the early stages of World War II. Learn more about the lead-up to the march, details of it, and its significance in this article.
The Bataan Death March [a] was the forcible transfer by the Imperial Japanese Army of around 75,000 [1] American and Filipino prisoners of war (POW) from the municipalities of Bagac and Mariveles on the Bataan Peninsula to Camp O'Donnell via San Fernando.. The transfer began on 9 April 1942 after the three-month Battle of Bataan in the Philippines during World War II.
2 paź 2024 · The following 16 files are in this category, out of 16 total. The March of Death. Along the March (on which) these prisoners were photographed, they have their hands tied behind... - NARA - 532548.tif 3,000 × 2,267; 6.49 MB.
9 lis 2009 · In the Bataan Death March, about 75,000 Filipino and American troops on the Bataan Peninsula on the Philippine island of Luzon were forced to make an arduous 65-mile march to prison camps.
28 maj 2023 · One of the worst Japanese war crimes of World War 2, thousands of Filipino and American prisoners of war were killed during the Bataan Death March in 1942. Thousands of American and Filipino soldiers suffered greatly at the hands of their Japanese captors.
Three months after the start of the Battle of Bataan, the Bataan Death March began, forcing 60,000-80,000 Filipino and American prisoners of war to march through the Philippines. The route was about 65 miles long and stretched from the peninsula to the railhead inland (see below).
Notorious as one of the "great Japanese atrocities" of World War II, over 75,000 exhausted, sick, and malnourished Filipino and American prisoners of war were force-marched the length of the Bataan peninsula by their Japanese captors, who subjected them to terrible abuse.
