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The Bataan March, also known as the Death March, got its name from the Bataan Peninsula in the Philippines, where the event took place during World War II. After the Japanese captured American and Filipino forces in April 1942, they forced thousands of prisoners to march approximately 65 miles under harsh conditions to a prison camp. The name reflects the location and the tragic nature of the march, which resulted in significant suffering and death among the soldiers.
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Site of the famous Japanese death march?
It was in Bataan in the Philippines.
What resulted from the bataan death march?
As a result of the Bataan Death March, more than 7000 American and Filipino troops died.
Death March during Japanese period?
The Bataan Death March.
Who were the prisoners of war who were forced to march in the bataan march?
Americans and Filipinos
Who were the prisoner of war who were forced to march in the Bataan death march?
Americans and Filipinos
What was the name of the forced death march in the Philippines?
The Bataan Death March.
How do I add a name to the Bataan Death March surviviors list?
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Was a man by the last name Hays a survivor of the Bataan Death March?
You need to know which Army unit Mr. Hays served in and if he served in the Philippines.You can contact the Bataan Memorial Death March people at the site below. The people in Bataan do have a computer database of the march participants. Contact the people on this web site.Click on the links below especially the Bataan Memorial Death March site.
How did the Bataan Death March get its name?
NovaNET Answer: American and filipino prisoners were forced to walk through the jungle to a prison, and many thousands died along the way.During World War II, the Bataan Death March occurred in 1942 after Japanese troops occupied the Philippines. It received its name from the area in which the march (mainly) occurred -- the Bataan Peninsula -- and from the number of deaths that it caused among the wounded and under-nourished (and simply fatigued) Allied soldiers involved in it.
What is the name of the forced march of US and Ffilipino prisoner of the war after the Japanese conquered the Philippines?
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 month was the bataan death march in?
march
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 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.
Site of the famous Japanese death march?
It was in Bataan in the Philippines.
