Japanese Samurai thinking already considered a soldier that surrendered in battle to effectively be dead, so how did it matter how they treated them. That was also why the Japanese generally did not surrender, they expected to be treated no better by the Americans.
General Masaharu Homma was responsible for the Bataan Death March. There were no Japanese Generals leading the march. Lower ranking officers did that. See links below.
Masahura Homma was the Japanese General who led the Bataan Death March. The Japanese starved, denied clean water, beat, bayoneted and killed prisoners on the forced march. He was arrested in 1945 for committing war crimes and executed by firing squad.
This march led to over 100,000 people dying after the battle. The American and Filipino soldiers who fought in this battle were punished by doing the march.
The surrender of 75,000 Allied soldiers in the Philippines.The Bataan Death March resulted in the death of more than 7,000 American and Filipino troops who were forced to make a grueling journal after surrendering to Japanese troops.
The march of what?
explanation of the death march
Bataan Death March
The Bataan Death March.
The Bataan Death March.
Brno death march happened in 1945.
Brno death march happened in 1945.
The Bataan Death March was not a battle. It was a forced death march, e.g. being forced to march at least 80 miles under extreme conditions. Over 10,000 soldiers died during The Bataan Death March.