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What islands were captured by Japan resulting in the deaths of thousands of American prisoners of war?
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What island was captured by Japan resulting the deaths of thousands of American prisoners of war?
You are probably thinking of the Bataan Death March. It took place on the Philippine Island of Luzon in May 1942. Bataan is a peninsula on the island on the western side of Manila Bay. The Japanese seized many islands in the Philippines, the Dutch East Indies, and the British colonies in south Asia. In all these places they killed thousands of their military & civilian prisoners, as they had done in China since 1931.
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The British took 4,650 prisoners of war when they captured the city. It was the worst American loss in the war.
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Many prisoners on both sides.
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More than a half-million Americans have been captured and interned as Prisoners of War since the American Revolution.At this point there are no state to state records of individual counts.
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prisoners of war such as warriors that got captured then were enslaved
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P.O.W.'s or Prisoners of War
How many Germans were captured in the battle of Leningrad?
It is difficult to provide an exact number as there were multiple German armies involved in the battle of Leningrad. However, it is estimated that tens of thousands of Germans were captured during the course of the battle, which lasted for 872 days from September 1941 to January 1944.
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They were captured during battle because they were wounded.
What negative things did Napoleon do?
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Did all prisoner of wars get tattoos as a ID?
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