WORLD WAR II 1941 1945
THE START OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
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The Shinto Death March
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The Bataan Death March
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The Suribachi Death March
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The Okinawa Death March
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Detailed explanation-1: -Three months after the start of the Battle of Bataan, the Bataan Death March began, forcing 60, 000-80, 000 Filipino and American prisoners of war to march through the Philippines. The route was about 65 miles long and stretched from the peninsula to the railhead inland (see below).
Detailed explanation-2: -The tens of thousands of U.S. and Filipino soldiers were forced to become prisoners of war to the Japanese. The soldiers faced horrifying conditions and treatment as POWs. The soldiers were deprived of food, water, and medical attention, and were forced to march 65 miles to confinement camps throughout the Philippines.
Detailed explanation-3: -During this infamous trek, known as the “Bataan Death March, ” the prisoners were forced to march 85 miles in six days, with only one meal of rice during the entire journey.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.