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Good question. The Americans had retreated to the southern tip of Bataan before they surrendered. The Japenese didn't have trucks or trains to transport the prisoners back up to Manilia area where there was a good port (or didn't want to spend the assets to do so). The Japanese did not have sufficient food supplies and they knew that would be a problem. They forced the Americans to march the long route anyway and many died or fell out of line and were executed. It should not have happened if they Japanese had complied with the Geneva Convention for the treatment of prisoners of war.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 14y agoCaptured Allied soldiers were forced to march with little food, rest or medical attention by Japan's soldiers. Bataan was notable for the long distance, lack of food, and cruel teatment at the hands of the Japanese. Any POW who could not keep up was usually executed or left to die.
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∙ 16y agoThe purpose was to march the POW's to a prison camp,
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Death March during Japanese period?
The Bataan Death March.
What resulted from the bataan death march?
As a result of the Bataan Death March, more than 7000 American and Filipino troops died.
Site of the famous Japanese death march?
It was in Bataan in the Philippines.
Who were the prisoner of war who were forced to march in the Bataan death march?
Americans and Filipinos
Where were American soldiers subjected to the horrifying bataan death march?
The Bataan Death march occurred in the Philippines and ended in Camp O'Donnell of the Philippines. Some POWs were taken to Japan.
When did the bataan death march happen?
april 9 1942
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 was the event where Japanese forced soldiers to march up the Bataan peninsula?
bataan death march
What was the name of the forced death march in the Philippines?
The Bataan Death March.
