LCox
9/29/17
World History pt 2
World War 1 and 11 Assignments
Battan Death March- World War ll
Introduction
Lately in the news, I have been hearing is about wars and it is very scary. Just thinking about wars and battles sends chills down my spine. I mean the thought of bloodshed, guns, cannons, loud horns and screaming civilians is something I hope never to experience. This brings to the Bataan Death March, which took place in 1942. It was a battle as if no other many people lost their lives. Throughout this paper, we will discuss the history concerning the Bataan Death March, the beginning, the plan of the battle, the Death March, and the end of the battle. The key players in the Bataan Death March were the Japanese, the Filipinos and …show more content…
Bataan is a province known as a Peninsula which was located on the Manila Bay. This was were the battle took place. The Significance of this battle was that it helped delay the Japanese advance through the Philippines. It all star with the Japanese forcing over 76, 00 allied soldiers from the Filipinos and America to march to what is believed to be 80 miles across the Bataan Peninsula during World War ll. However, the march would take place after the bombing of Pearl Harbor with the American General Douglas Mac Arthur Commander in charged. What he thought to be a good Idea to move the U.S troops to the Bataan Peninsula in hopes of protecting the city called Manila from disaster. Needless to say a brutal fight took place between the U.S, Filipinos and the Japan. The Japanese would end up wining the fight and Americans and Filipinos under the guidance and leadership of General Edward King would give up and surrendered to the …show more content…
The Commander Knew that he had to do something with the enormously group of men so the plan was to move them to a place called Camp O’Donnell. This Camp was said to be 80 miles away from what would be the next home which is prison for the American and Filipinos troops. This turned to be an extremely long dreadful long distant so the prisoners were made to walk half of the way and ride the train for the remainder part of the distant. The seized army was so big that the Japanese didn’t know what to do with the large number of solider. What was thought to be an army of 25,000 men turned out to be 76,000 men as prisoners? Because the number exceeded their estimation, they decided to splits them up into groups of 100 to 1000 prisoners. Another thing that they did was seized all their weapons and made them begin the dreadful long march.
The Death March
The March took five days to complete and for three days no food or water was give to the prisoners. This was very harsh treatment but many of the men made it through it. It w as believed that many of troops died because of the brutality of their captors. During the march many of the captured troops experienced curial punishment such as being beaten, kicked, and even ran over by army cars and trucks. All the surviving prisoners were either stuffed on train or made to walk the rest of the way to
9/29/17
World History pt 2
World War 1 and 11 Assignments
Battan Death March- World War ll
Introduction
Lately in the news, I have been hearing is about wars and it is very scary. Just thinking about wars and battles sends chills down my spine. I mean the thought of bloodshed, guns, cannons, loud horns and screaming civilians is something I hope never to experience. This brings to the Bataan Death March, which took place in 1942. It was a battle as if no other many people lost their lives. Throughout this paper, we will discuss the history concerning the Bataan Death March, the beginning, the plan of the battle, the Death March, and the end of the battle. The key players in the Bataan Death March were the Japanese, the Filipinos and …show more content…
Bataan is a province known as a Peninsula which was located on the Manila Bay. This was were the battle took place. The Significance of this battle was that it helped delay the Japanese advance through the Philippines. It all star with the Japanese forcing over 76, 00 allied soldiers from the Filipinos and America to march to what is believed to be 80 miles across the Bataan Peninsula during World War ll. However, the march would take place after the bombing of Pearl Harbor with the American General Douglas Mac Arthur Commander in charged. What he thought to be a good Idea to move the U.S troops to the Bataan Peninsula in hopes of protecting the city called Manila from disaster. Needless to say a brutal fight took place between the U.S, Filipinos and the Japan. The Japanese would end up wining the fight and Americans and Filipinos under the guidance and leadership of General Edward King would give up and surrendered to the …show more content…
The Commander Knew that he had to do something with the enormously group of men so the plan was to move them to a place called Camp O’Donnell. This Camp was said to be 80 miles away from what would be the next home which is prison for the American and Filipinos troops. This turned to be an extremely long dreadful long distant so the prisoners were made to walk half of the way and ride the train for the remainder part of the distant. The seized army was so big that the Japanese didn’t know what to do with the large number of solider. What was thought to be an army of 25,000 men turned out to be 76,000 men as prisoners? Because the number exceeded their estimation, they decided to splits them up into groups of 100 to 1000 prisoners. Another thing that they did was seized all their weapons and made them begin the dreadful long march.
The Death March
The March took five days to complete and for three days no food or water was give to the prisoners. This was very harsh treatment but many of the men made it through it. It w as believed that many of troops died because of the brutality of their captors. During the march many of the captured troops experienced curial punishment such as being beaten, kicked, and even ran over by army cars and trucks. All the surviving prisoners were either stuffed on train or made to walk the rest of the way to