Bataan Death March
After Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 the Japanese invasion of Philippines had started. A month after the invasion, Japan secured the capital of the Philippines, Manila, thus led to the retreat of U.S. and Filipino troops to head to the Bataan Peninsula. After several months of defending the peninsula U.S. and Filipino army had run out of food and started to accumulate diseases. U.S. General Edward King Jr raised the white flag and surrendered his troops.
On April 9, 1942 on the main Philippine island of Luzon a sum of 75,000 Filipino and American soldiers were enforced on a treacherous 65-mile prison march to San Fernando. The men who were too weak to walk were impaled by bayonets or starved and then beaten to death. Most troops died due to disease, extreme punishment, and starvation.
On April 9, 1942 on the main Philippine island of Luzon a sum of 75,000 Filipino and American soldiers were enforced on a treacherous 65-mile prison march to San Fernando. The men who were too weak to walk were impaled by bayonets or starved and then beaten to death. Most troops died due to disease, extreme punishment, and starvation.