Why was the Batan Death March important?

Answer 1

The Bataan Death March was used to arouse fury in the minds of the people of the United States. This march showed Japans brutality and militarism in a negative way and created more tension between the Japanese and the Americans. This hatred made the Americans more determined against the Japanese in the Second World War.

Answer 2

The Bataan Death March was a Japanese war crime. Prisoners of war from the Filipino army and American forces were forced to walk 80 miles. If anyone stumbled or fell behind, they were slaughtered.

Answer 3

The Bataan Death March brought McArthur back to the Philippines, reclaiming the islands from the Japanese. There was a war tribunal which ended in the execution of General Homma Masaharu, who was the Japanese commander of the island.

Answer 4

The Bataan's Death march was important because the American and the Filipino soldiers were treated very brutally as the prisoners by the Japanese. They were forced to march under a horrible condition. The soldiers often died by the starvation and the tortured.

Answer 5

the u.s declared war on the Japan