Answer to Question #160767 in History for Will

Question

Describe the Bataan Death March including it's significance to US military.

Answer 1

Bataan Death March, march in the Philippines of some 66 miles (106 km) that 76,000 prisoners of war (66,000 Filipinos, 10,000 Americans) were forced by the Japanese military to endure in April 1942, during the early stages of World War II. Prisoners during the Bataan Death March, 1942.

The Bataan Death March was a significant event in American history, because it started a propaganda fire that fueled the American military to win the Pacific war.