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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.:-)
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∙ 13y agoGeneral 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.:-)
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What happened during the Bataan Death March to Dachau?
The Bataan death march, and the Dachau death march, were two separate events. The first was in the Philippines and was perpetrated by the Japanese, and the second was in Germany.
What happened in the Bataan Death March?
The weary defenders of bataan finaly surrendered, nearly 78,000 prison of war were forced to march-sick exhausted, and starving-65 miles (105km) to a Japanese prison camp. Thousands died on this march, which came to be known as the Bataan death march.
Did the bataan death march create a positive or negative thing?
The Bataan Death March was wholly negative .
Was the Bataan Death March ended in Italy?
No, the Bataan Death March occured in the Philippines in the Pacific Ocean.
What march was named for the deaths of Filipino and American troops by the Japanese?
The Bataan Death March (also known as The Death March of Bataan)
Who committed the bataan death march?
Japanese soldiers forced their American prisoners to undergo the Bataan Death March.
What is the pilgrimage of death by manuel bernabe?
All about the bataan death
What was the death March in the Philippines called?
Bataan Death March
What month was the bataan death march in?
march
What type of battle was The Bataan Death March?
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.
What was the march named for the horrible deaths of Filipino and American troops by the Japanese soldiers on their way to prison camps called?
Death March Bataan Death March or Death March of Bataan because they were marched across the penisular of Bataan.
What theater in world war 2 was related to the Bataan death march?
The Bataan Death March happened when the Japanese invaded the Philippines just after their surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. As such, it was part of the Pacific Theater of World War 2.
