Bataan Death March

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atrocity forced march war crime

The Bataan Death March was a brutal forced transfer of tens of thousands of American and Filipino prisoners of war by the Japanese army in 1942, marked by extreme abuse, starvation, and high mortality.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Bataan Death March canonical	37
Bataan Death March route	3
Bataan Death March markers	2
Bataan Death March (as a consequence of his forces’ surrender)	1
Bataan Death March starting points	1
Death March of Bataan	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	atrocity ⓘ forced march ⓘ war crime ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Bataan Death March ⓘ surface form: Death March of Bataan
cause	surrender of U.S. and Filipino forces on Bataan ⓘ
characteristic	brutal treatment of prisoners ⓘ dehydration ⓘ denial of medical care ⓘ physical abuse ⓘ starvation ⓘ summary executions ⓘ
commanderOfPerpetrators	Masaharu Homma ⓘ
commemoratedBy	Bataan Death March Memorial Monument (New Mexico, USA) ⓘ surface form: Bataan Memorial Death March (annual event in New Mexico)
conflict	World War II ⓘ
country	Philippines ⓘ
countryInvolved	Japan ⓘ Philippines ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
date	April 1942 ⓘ
distance	about 65 miles ⓘ
estimatedDeaths	possibly over 10,000 ⓘ thousands ⓘ
estimatedNumberOfAmericanPOWs	about 10,000 ⓘ
estimatedNumberOfFilipinoPOWs	about 50,000 to 70,000 ⓘ
estimatedNumberOfPrisoners	approximately 60,000 to 80,000 ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Japanese occupation of the Philippines ⓘ
legalAftermath	Homma trial ⓘ postwar war crimes tribunals ⓘ
legalClassification	crime against humanity ⓘ
location	Bagac, Bataan ⓘ Bataan Peninsula ⓘ Camp O'Donnell ⓘ Mariveles, Bataan ⓘ San Fernando, Pampanga ⓘ
memorial	Bataan Death March Memorial Monument (New Mexico, USA) ⓘ Capas National Shrine ⓘ
notableSurvivor	Ben Skardon ⓘ Lester Tenney ⓘ Sidney Phillips ⓘ
partOf	Pacific War ⓘ
perpetrator	Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ
relatedTo	Battle of Bataan ⓘ Battle of Bataan ⓘ surface form: Fall of Bataan
result	thousands of POW deaths ⓘ
startDate	1942-04-09 ⓘ
subjectOf	historical studies of POW treatment in World War II ⓘ
victim	Philippine prisoners of war ⓘ United States prisoners of war ⓘ

Referenced by (45)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Philippines campaign (1941–1942) → followedBy → Bataan Death March ⓘ

Imperial Japanese Army → involvedIn → Bataan Death March ⓘ

Bataan Peninsula → wasSiteOf → Bataan Death March ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bataan Death March starting points

Bataan Peninsula → hasMemorial → Bataan Death March ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bataan Death March markers

Bataan Peninsula → knownFor → Bataan Death March ⓘ

Masaharu Homma → notableFor → Bataan Death March ⓘ

Bataan Death March → alsoKnownAs → Bataan Death March ⓘ

this entity surface form: Death March of Bataan

Battle of Corregidor (1942) → relatedEvent → Bataan Death March ⓘ

Battle of Bataan → followedBy → Bataan Death March ⓘ

Battle of Bataan → consequence → Bataan Death March ⓘ

Bataan World War II Museum (Balanga) → commemorates → Bataan Death March ⓘ

Bataan World War II Museum (Balanga) → focusesOnEvent → Bataan Death March ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bataan Death March route

Province of Bataan → historicalEvent → Bataan Death March ⓘ

Province of Bataan → knownFor → Bataan Death March ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bataan Death March route

Japanese conquest of Southeast Asia → significantEvent → Bataan Death March ⓘ

Japanese 14th Army in the Philippines → notableFor → Bataan Death March ⓘ

Japanese 14th Army in the Philippines → responsibleFor → Bataan Death March ⓘ

Mariveles, Bataan → hasHistoricalEvent → Bataan Death March ⓘ

Camp O'Donnell → associatedEvent → Bataan Death March ⓘ

Camp O'Donnell → receivesPrisonersFrom → Bataan Death March ⓘ

Bagac, Bataan → historicalEvent → Bataan Death March ⓘ

Bagac, Bataan → hasTouristAttraction → Bataan Death March ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bataan Death March markers

Bagac, Bataan → partOf → Bataan Death March ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bataan Death March route

Bagac, Bataan → startPointOf → Bataan Death March ⓘ

So Proudly We Hail! → depicts → Bataan Death March ⓘ

San Fernando, Pampanga → historicalEvent → Bataan Death March ⓘ

San Fernando, Pampanga → wasStagingPointIn → Bataan Death March ⓘ

Homma trial → relatedToEvent → Bataan Death March ⓘ

Bataan Death March Memorial Monument (New Mexico, USA) → commemorates → Bataan Death March ⓘ

Capas National Shrine → commemorates → Bataan Death March ⓘ

Japanese occupation of the Philippines → significantEvent → Bataan Death March ⓘ

Lester Tenney → participatedIn → Bataan Death March ⓘ

Hampton Sides → hasWrittenAbout → Bataan Death March ⓘ

Cabanatuan POW camp → associatedWithEvent → Bataan Death March ⓘ

Fall of Corregidor → relatedTo → Bataan Death March ⓘ

Japanese 14th Army → notableEvent → Bataan Death March ⓘ

Ben Skardon → event → Bataan Death March ⓘ

Ben Skardon → survivorOf → Bataan Death March ⓘ

Sidney Phillips → hasExperience → Bataan Death March ⓘ

Bataan → hasHistoricalEvent → Bataan Death March ⓘ

Shrine of Valor → associatedWith → Bataan Death March ⓘ

Araw ng Kagitingan (Day of Valor) → relatedTo → Bataan Death March ⓘ

subject surface form: Araw ng Kagitingan

Edward P. King → event → Bataan Death March ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bataan Death March (as a consequence of his forces’ surrender)

Mariveles → historicalEvent → Bataan Death March ⓘ

World War II atrocities → includesEvent → Bataan Death March ⓘ