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World War II

World War IIThe costliest war in history

Estimates of over 60 million dead

World War II

World War II

World War II

World War II

The Japanese Invasion of the Philippine Islands

The Bataan Death March

United States

• After World War I, the U.S. wanted to remain as neutral as possible

• Wanted to take an isolationist stance• “It’s a European war”• Was , however, shipping supplies to British

Japan

• Had been extending its empire for almost half a century

• Had control over Korea, Manchuria, and wanted to spread into China and the Pacific

1941

December 7, 1941

• Japanese attack Pearl Harbor

USS Arizona

USS Arizona

USS Shaw

USS Arizona

USS Shaw

USS West Virginia

USS Arizona

USS Shaw

USS West Virginia

USS California

Following the day of infamy

• Japanese invade Philippine Islands December 8, 1941

Furthest extent of Japanese control

April 1942

April 1942

April 1942

• Over 60,000 American and Filipino troops taken as POWs

• Over 60,000 American and Filipino troops taken as POWs

The Death March

• The Death March ended over two weeks after the fall of Bataan

• Between six and eleven thousand Americans and Filipinos died

• Survivors herded to camps throughout the Pacific

• Thousands more died in these camps

• Survivors herded to camps throughout the Pacific

• Thousands more died in these camps

The end draws near

• By late 1944, American forces reached the Philippine Islands in its own Pacific campaign

• There remained only several camps, including:– Palawan– Cabanatuan

• Japan orders death of POWS

The end draws near

• By late 1944, American forces reached the Philippine Islands in its own Pacific campaign

• There remained only several camps, including:– Palawan– Cabanatuan

• Japan orders death of POWS

Palawan

• Over 150 POWs forced into air raid shelters and burned alive

• Those trying to escape were shot

Cabanatuan

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• PBS. “Capture and Death March.” Oneline. Available http://www.phs.org/wgbh/amx/macarthur/sfeature/bataan_capture.html. 29 February 2004

• Dorsey, Chris. “Our POWs Shouldn’t Have to Wait Anymore.” Newsweek 4 November 2002: 14.

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• Author and title unknown. Online. Available http://www.battlingbastardsbataan.com. 25 February 2004.

• Author and title unknown. Online. Available http://sanddiego.edu/gen/USPics/bataan. 25 January 2004.

Music

• Athanassios Efthimiou Kapralos, Never Again• Magnatune Compilation, Classical, “Ensemble

Sreteniye”

• Retrieved through Creative Commons

Stories of the events surrounding the march

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