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Bataan Death March
On April 9, 1942, 75,000 US troops and Filipino soldiers surrendered to the Japanese after 7 months of fighting. These men were denied food, water, and medicine and forced to march 65 miles through the jungle. About 1000 Americans died and 9,000 Filipinos died.http://bataanmarch.com/about-bataan/
Yes. 76,000 Allied Troops surrendered to the Japanese on the Bataan Peninsula on April 9th, 1942.
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.
American and Filipino troops retreated to Bataan.
Filipino and American soldiers whom were prisoners of the Japanese
General MacArthur was ordered move his command from the Philippines to Australia, and left thousands of his American and Filipino troops behind without supplies. Abandoned troops surrendered at Bataan in April and at Corregidor in May. The Japanese forced these POW's to march to a prison camp near Cabunatuan. Thousands of American and Filipino soldiers died of malnutrition, illness, and torture during the Bataan Death March.:-)
The Bataan Death March got its name when nearly 72,000 American and Filipino prisoners during WWII were forced to march from the southern part of Bataan to the northern side. During the march, over 10,000 died due to harsh treatment or hot weather conditions. In 1942 after MacArthur was forced to leave the Philippines because the Japanese had invaded it, Bataan Peninsula was surrendered to the Japanese, and all these soldiers were taken prisoners.
Bataan Death March
Death March Bataan Death March or Death March of Bataan because they were marched across the penisular of Bataan.
On April 9, 1942, 75,000 US troops and Filipino soldiers surrendered to the Japanese after 7 months of fighting. These men were denied food, water, and medicine and forced to march 65 miles through the jungle. About 1000 Americans died and 9,000 Filipinos died.http://bataanmarch.com/about-bataan/
On April 9, 1942, 75,000 US troops and Filipino soldiers surrendered to the Japanese after 7 months of fighting. These men were denied food, water, and medicine and forced to march 65 miles through the jungle. About 1000 Americans died and 9,000 Filipinos died.http://bataanmarch.com/about-bataan/
Yes. 76,000 Allied Troops surrendered to the Japanese on the Bataan Peninsula on April 9th, 1942.
On April 9, 1942, 75,000 US troops and Filipino soldiers surrendered to the Japanese after 7 months of fighting. These men were denied food, water, and medicine and forced to march 65 miles through the jungle. About 1000 Americans died and 9,000 Filipinos died.http://bataanmarch.com/about-bataan/
On April 9, 1942, 75,000 US troops and Filipino soldiers surrendered to the Japanese after 7 months of fighting. These men were denied food, water, and medicine and forced to march 65 miles through the jungle. About 1000 Americans died and 9,000 Filipinos died.http://bataanmarch.com/about-bataan/
bataan death march
Bataan is a peninsula in the Philippines. US forces were bottled up there in the Japanese occupation & eventually surrendered.