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.

Aliases (4)

Bataan Death March route ×2
Bataan Death March markers ×1
Bataan Death March starting points ×1
Death March of Bataan ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	atrocity → forced march → war crime →
alsoKnownAs	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 Memorial Death March (annual event in New Mexico) →
conflict	World War II →
country	Philippines →
countryInvolved	Japan → Philippines → 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 → 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 (14)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Battle of Bataan → Philippines campaign (1941–1942) →	followedBy
Bataan Peninsula → Province of Bataan ("Bataan Death March route") →	knownFor
Bataan Death March ("Death March of Bataan") →	alsoKnownAs
Bataan World War II Museum (Balanga) →	commemorates
Battle of Bataan →	consequence
Bataan World War II Museum (Balanga) ("Bataan Death March route") →	focusesOnEvent
Bataan Peninsula ("Bataan Death March markers") →	hasMemorial
Province of Bataan →	historicalEvent
Imperial Japanese Army →	involvedIn
Masaharu Homma →	notableFor
Battle of Corregidor (1942) →	relatedEvent
Bataan Peninsula ("Bataan Death March starting points") →	wasSiteOf