many American prisoners were killed.
Chat with our AI personalities
The Bataan Death March was the forcible transfer of Fillipino and US soldiers by the Japanese army after the three-month Battle of Bataan in the Phillippines in 1942.
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 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.
The Bataan Death March (also known as The Death March of Bataan)
Bataan Death March
The Bataan Death March. The Filipino troops who fought alongside the Americans and were captured with them actually fared even worse on the Death March.