Battle of Bataan

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Battle of Bataan
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• The Battle of Bataan represented the most intense
  phase of Imperial Japan's invasion of the
  Philippines, in the early stages of the Pacific
  War.

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• In late 1941, Japan simultaneously invaded
  several southeast Asian countries, including the
  Philippines. The Philippine portion was known as
  the Battle of the Philippines. Most of the
  Filipino and United States forces defending the
  country were rapidly overrun or forced to
  retreat. A significant proportion of the Allied
  forces made a stand for four months on the Bataan
  Peninsula in the Battle of Bataan.

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• While the U.S. troops were faltering, due to poor
  health, the Japanese were strong due to
  reinforcements. On April 3 they implemented a
  full attack. By April 8, the Americans and
  Filipinos could fight no longer. "As the Japanese
  approached Cabcaben, Bataan's commander, Major
  General Edward King, sadly concluded he had no
  alternative to surrender. Thus 79,500 men, the
  largest force in American military history to
  succumb to an enemy, put down their arms." About
  2,300 military and civilians would escape from
  Bataan to Corregidor. The scores of thousands
  remaining became the victims of the infamous
  Bataan Death March to the O'Donnell and
  Cabanatuan prisoner of war camps, otherwise known
  as hell camps.

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• Prisoners of war were beaten randomly and denied
  food and water for several days. Those who fell
  behind were executed through various means shot,
  beheaded or bayoneted. The commonly-used Japanese
  "sun treatment" forced a captive to sit silently
  in the humid April sun without water or even the
  shade of his helmet.

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• King surrendered to the Japanese on April 9,
  1942.