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The Bataan Death March is infamous for the suffering of Filipino and American prisoners, "The Bataan Death March was the forced march of American and Filipino prisoners of war by the Japanese during World War II. The 63-mile march began with 72,000* prisoners from the southern end of the Bataan Peninsula in the Philippines on April 9, 1942" (Paragraph 1). This shows just how many people were forced to do it, being either harmed in the harsh conditions or killed along the way. This march had one of the biggest affects on Americans during the war since it involved them and their men suffering. The men went through extremely harsh conditions and "they had been holding out in the jungles of Bataan for three months and were clearly starving and suffering from diseases" (Paragraph 4). This, especially happening after Pearl Harbor, made the Americans even more determined to find an end to the war.
The second website gives reason to why the Japanese had done this, "The Japanese were unprepared for the number of prisoners that they were responsible for, and there was no organized plan for how to handle them. Prisoners were stripped of their weapons and valuables, and told to march to Balanga, the capital of Bataan" (Paragraph 3). Since the Japanese did not know what to do with all the prisoners they had caught, they sent them on this horrible march. The war caused the Japanese to see Americans not as fellow men and humans, but as mindless enemies that were basically just out to kill. "The Japanese culture at that time reflected the view that any warrior who surrendered had no honor; thus was not to be treated like a human being" (Paragraph 6).
The third website talks about the aftereffects of the march. "In February 1945, U.S.-Filipino forces recaptured the Bataan Peninsula, and Manila was liberated in early March" (Paragraph 4). The American and Filipino forces had liberated Manila and set the prisoners free. Getting the upper hand and the ability to set their people free was a huge accomplishment, especially after all the pain that the soldiers that were captured had received. "After the war, an American military tribunal tried Lieutenant General Homma Masaharu, commander of the Japanese invasion forces in the Philippines. He was held responsible for the death march, a war crime, and was executed by firing squad on April 3, 1946" (Paragraph 5). The man held responsible for the death march was executed in the end, this reassured Americans justice especially after something so atrocious happened.
The second website gives reason to why the Japanese had done this, "The Japanese were unprepared for the number of prisoners that they were responsible for, and there was no organized plan for how to handle them. Prisoners were stripped of their weapons and valuables, and told to march to Balanga, the capital of Bataan" (Paragraph 3). Since the Japanese did not know what to do with all the prisoners they had caught, they sent them on this horrible march. The war caused the Japanese to see Americans not as fellow men and humans, but as mindless enemies that were basically just out to kill. "The Japanese culture at that time reflected the view that any warrior who surrendered had no honor; thus was not to be treated like a human being" (Paragraph 6).
The third website talks about the aftereffects of the march. "In February 1945, U.S.-Filipino forces recaptured the Bataan Peninsula, and Manila was liberated in early March" (Paragraph 4). The American and Filipino forces had liberated Manila and set the prisoners free. Getting the upper hand and the ability to set their people free was a huge accomplishment, especially after all the pain that the soldiers that were captured had received. "After the war, an American military tribunal tried Lieutenant General Homma Masaharu, commander of the Japanese invasion forces in the Philippines. He was held responsible for the death march, a war crime, and was executed by firing squad on April 3, 1946" (Paragraph 5). The man held responsible for the death march was executed in the end, this reassured Americans justice especially after something so atrocious happened.
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