The Bataan Death March was when the Japanese forced 76,000 captured Allied soldiers (Filipinos and Americans) to march about 80 miles across the Bataan Peninsula. The march took place in April of 1942 during World War II. Where is Bataan? Bataan is a province in the Philippines on the island of Luzon.
The Bataan Death March what is the forcible transfer by the imperial Japanese army of 60,000 to 80,000 American and Filipino prisoners of war from Saysain point, Bagac, Bataan and Mariveles to camp O’Donnell, Capas, Tarlac, via San Fernando, Panpanga, where the prisoners were loaded onto trains.
after the April 9, 1942 U.S. surrender of the Bataan peninsula on the main Philippine island of Luzon to the Japanese during world war two (1939 to 45), the approximately 75,000 Filipino and American troops Bataan were forced to make an arduous 65-mile march to prison camps.
