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A War on Many Fronts

Question 15 • TX-US History Studies Since 1877 B-Runnels

Which occurred during the Bataan Death March in 1942?

Answer
A
US soldiers attacked Japanese troops to rescue Filipino allies.
B
Thousands of Japanese soldiers died of starvation.
C
Thousands of US and Filipino prisoners of war died.
D
Japanese soldiers helped carry starving US and Filipino prisoners of war.

Explanation

After the Allied surrender in the Philippines in 1942, Japanese forces forced thousands of American and Filipino prisoners of war to march from Bataan to prison camps. Many prisoners died from exhaustion, hunger, thirst, disease, and abuse. Thus, the event involved the deaths of thousands of US and Filipino prisoners of war.

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