Bataan Death March

When

9 Apr 1942 – 17 Apr 1942

Kind

Expulsion or deportation

Deaths

5,500

Coordinates

14.43° N, 120.48° E

Description

forced transfer of American and Filipino prisoners of war by the Imperial Japanese Army in 1942

Placed at the start of its route.

1942 Japanese war crime in the Philippines

The Bataan Death March was the forcible transfer by the Imperial Japanese Army of around 72,000 to 78,000 Filipino and American prisoners of war (POWs) from the municipalities of Bagac and Mariveles on the Bataan Peninsula to Camp O'Donnell via San Fernando.

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