The Bataan Death March showed the world how cruelly the Japanese were willing to behave in their quest for domination of the Pacific. Thousands of people were killed, and even more were starved and beaten.
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Malinta Tunnel contained the last holdouts of the U.S. forces on Coregidor. The men ordered to surrender on April 9, 1942 on the Bataan peninsula were force-marched to a nearly completed camp named O'Donnell, where then-Capt. John Eric Olson was the asst. adjutant. He kept daily records of deaths and causes of death for American prisoners. (You can read more about retired Col. Olson on wikipedia.)
This march led to over 100,000 people dying after the battle. The American and Filipino soldiers who fought in this battle were punished by doing the march.
As a result of the Bataan Death March, more than 7000 American and Filipino troops died.
The Bataan Death March.
It was in Bataan in the Philippines.
Americans and Filipinos
The Bataan Death march occurred in the Philippines and ended in Camp O'Donnell of the Philippines. Some POWs were taken to Japan.