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The battle of Bataan occurred on the island of Luzon in the Philippines .
many American prisoners were killed.
The surrender of US & Filipino soldiers in the Philippines that were defending the Bataan peninsula from the Japanese in early 1942 was caused by the lack of ammunition & food, not by a lack of resolve or courage. US General Wainwright thought it was necessary because of the inability to be resupplied enough to keep fighting. No one knew beforehand what brutality the Japanese would soon inflict on their POWs. In hindsight, maybe they could have held out a little longer, but surrender or fighting to the last man were the only options left.
the surrender of cornwallis's army
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.
It happened on the Bataan Peninsula.
The battle of Bataan occurred on the island of Luzon in the Philippines .
many American prisoners were killed.
Bataan
The surrender of US & Filipino soldiers in the Philippines that were defending the Bataan peninsula from the Japanese in early 1942 was caused by the lack of ammunition & food, not by a lack of resolve or courage. US General Wainwright thought it was necessary because of the inability to be resupplied enough to keep fighting. No one knew beforehand what brutality the Japanese would soon inflict on their POWs. In hindsight, maybe they could have held out a little longer, but surrender or fighting to the last man were the only options left.
January 31 to February 8, 1945
the surrender of cornwallis's army
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.
the surrender of cornwallis's army
There was no battle. It was a surrender.
The Philippines , once a US possession , was the place where the infamous Bataan Death March (1942) occurred .
This battle on July 26, 1863 in Ohio. Confederate raiders are pinned down and forced to surrender. It was the northernmost battle of the war.