Answer:
The correct answer is B. The Bataan Death March impacted the war by intensifying anti-Japanese feelings in the United States.
Explanation:
The Bataan Death March was a war crime committed by the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II, targeting Filipino and American prisoners of war. The death march began on April 10, 1942.
Major General Edward P. King led a 75,000-man Filipino-U.S. army that defended the Gulf of Manila from the invading Japanese army. The Filipino-American military was starving, poorly maintained, and suffering from tropical diseases. The army surrendered on April 9, 1942, and the next day the prisoners' death march began.
The march began at Mariveles on the southern tip of the Bataan Peninsula and ended at Camp O’Donnell, a former U.S. military base converted into a prison camp near San Fernando. The distance was 96 kilometers. The prisoners were subjected to countless atrocities during the march. Japanese prisoners beat, tortured, and killed their prisoners for even the slightest offenses and inconveniences, and often arbitrarily for no apparent reason. The guards forced the officers to sit in the sun without shelter or water. Helping a fallen comrade or even asking for water often meant death. According to various estimates, between 6,000 and 18,000 prisoners died during the march, which lasted less than a week. Thousands more died at the camp.
