The Bataan Death March was a forced 70-mile march of 72,000 American and Filipino soldiers by Japanese forces after they surrendered in the Battle of Bataan in 1942. Thousands of prisoners died from disease, starvation, dehydration or were executed during the six-day march, which ended at Camp O'Donnell. The cruelty of the Japanese during the march increased tensions between the nations and altered American views of Japan. It also encouraged Allied determination to defeat the brutal Japanese nation in World War II.
