Bataan Death March
Michael Jasper, hour: 5
What the Bataan Death March looked like
Information about the Death March
What was it?
After the US surrender of the Bataan Peninsula from the Japanese during World War II, on the Philippine island of Luzon, April, 9, 1942, about 75,000 Filipino prisoners took a 65-mile march to a Bataan death camp. Japan was fearful that the allies of the Philippine and America will free the people and since the Japanese were loosing the war, they had to hide the troops in camps in fear of the allies.
Who was involved?
The people involved (Filipino and American Troops) were divided into roughly 100 groups, and each group took around 5 days to complete. The exact figures is unknown, but it is assumed that thousands of troops died from brutality from their captors, who starved and beat the marchers, and killed off the ones to weak for the walk.
The Aftermath
The United States avenged it's rough defeat for the Philippine island Leyte in October 1944. General MacArthur ran America to this victory. After the war, an American military troop tried Lieutenant General Homma Masaharu, commander of the Japanese army, was held responsible for the death march and it's results.
The route of the death march
Here is the map of the route of the death march, the march was on the island Bataan.
What the march looked like
The march was a very brutal march to concentration camps, hence the name "death march". The conditions were very poor and many died because of it.
Homma Masaharu
A picture of Lieutenant General Homma Masahura, the lead general of the Japanese army, and the one held responsible for the Bataan death march.
Benchmark Application
How benchmark 9.4.4.21.5 relates to the Bataan Death March
The benchmark states that "identify major conflicts of World War II; compare and contrast military campaigns in the European and Pacific theaters" (9.4.4.21.5), and the Bataan Death March by showing the military campaigns in the European theaters (Nazi Germany), and the Pacific theaters (Japanese).
Modern-day contributions and memory
How it is remembered
There is a memorial for the Bataan death march for those who suffered a loss and are forever remembered, being engraved in a stone. The Bataan death march is a part of World War II, and should not be forgotten since a lot of people went through this to give America the rights it has today.
Bibliography
Bibliography of the information found
Research
"Home." Bataan Memorial Death March. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Jan. 2017. <http://bataanmarch.com/>.
"Bataan Death March." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 20 Jan. 2017. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bataan_Death_March>.
Pictures
Digital image. N.p., n.d. Web. <https://media1.britannica.com/eb-media/59/166759-004-F1B74325.jpg>.
N.p., n.d. Web. <http://ghostofbataan.com/image2/deathm1.jpg>.
N.p., n.d. Web. <https://media1.britannica.com/eb-media/58/166758-004-23EF8E65.jpg>.
N.p., n.d. Web. <http://castinet.castilleja.org/users/pmckee/historyjapan/yamamoto.jpg>.
N.p., n.d. Web. <http://cdn.history.com/sites/2/2013/12/bataan-death-march-AB.jpeg>.