HISTORY
WORLD WAR II
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Question
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executed
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Bataan Death March
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they were sent to Chinese death camps
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they were released
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Bataan Death March is remembered as an absolute tragedy. The prisoners of war were forced to march through tropical conditions, enduring heat, humidity, and rain without adequate medical care. They suffered from starvation, having to sleep in the harsh conditions of the Philippines.
Detailed explanation-2: -After the fall of the Philippines in 1942, American POWs initially were kept in filthy, crowded camps near Manila. Over time, the majority of those POWs were transported to other parts of Japan’s wartime empire to serve as slave laborers.
Detailed explanation-3: -829 died in battle, while prisoners, or immediately after liberation. There were 987 survivors.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Army estimates between seven and ten thousand soldiers died on the march. Troops who survived were pressed into slave labor, sometimes moved by ship to other locations.