Approximately 5,000-10,000 Filipino and 600-650 American prisoners of war died .
many American prisoners were killed.
Nova Net Answer---American & Filipino prisoners were forced to walk through the jungle to a prison, & many thousands died along the way.
NovaNET Answer: American and filipino prisoners were forced to walk through the jungle to a prison, and many thousands died along the way.During World War II, the Bataan Death March occurred in 1942 after Japanese troops occupied the Philippines. It received its name from the area in which the march (mainly) occurred -- the Bataan Peninsula -- and from the number of deaths that it caused among the wounded and under-nourished (and simply fatigued) Allied soldiers involved in it.
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The Allies lost about 95,000 killed, wounded or captured. The Japanese lost about 19,000 killed or wounded.
many American prisoners were killed.
Nova Net Answer---American & Filipino prisoners were forced to walk through the jungle to a prison, & many thousands died along the way.
NovaNET Answer: American and filipino prisoners were forced to walk through the jungle to a prison, and many thousands died along the way.During World War II, the Bataan Death March occurred in 1942 after Japanese troops occupied the Philippines. It received its name from the area in which the march (mainly) occurred -- the Bataan Peninsula -- and from the number of deaths that it caused among the wounded and under-nourished (and simply fatigued) Allied soldiers involved in it.
The Bataan death march
The link below provides a good article on the subject.
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A tune written by Fredrick Chopin. It also refers to the forced march of prisoners of war in Batan, Phillippines and in Germany during WW2. Many prisoners were sick and died or were executed during the prolonged march.
The Allies lost about 95,000 killed, wounded or captured. The Japanese lost about 19,000 killed or wounded.
78,000 soldiers took place it in. 5,000-10,000 Filipinos were killed and 600-650 Americans.
Because they killed unarmed prisoners
as of February 2012 there are 9 still alive.. 5 in Washington state 1 in Utah 1 in Oklahoma 2 in Savannah, Georgia and 1 in Iowa. On August 31, 2012, one of the last survivors, Senior Master Sergent Thomas Louis Davis died in his sleep and at home near his wife Rose. Tom was 90 years old. He had suffered greatly from his POW years, but died a great man with a Bronze Star and 2 clusters as well as a Purple Heart. Another of the survivors in Savannah died last winter.Update as of 03/15/17There is an additional survivor who is 99 yrs old and lives in NM.
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