Question

Why were the US and Filipino forces that surrendered to the Japanese treated so poorly?

Which account stuck out to you most? Explain why.

Answer 1

Why were the US and Filipino forces that surrendered to the Japanese treated so poorly?

The US and Filipino forces that surrendered to the Japanese were treated so poorly because many of the Japanese captors were cruel toward these prisoners of war (POW). They were viewed as contemptible for the very act of surrendering. The Japanese were conditioned to consider that inhumane treatment was no less than what the POW deserved; real warriors die.

Which account stuck out to you most? Explain why.

Following account stucked me most because Japanese were very inhuman. They did not show any signs of humanity to the US and Filipino forces that surrendered as written below:

The prisoners were at once led 55 miles from Mariveles, on the southern end of the Bataan peninsula, to San Fernando, on what became known as the “Bataan Death March.” At least 600 Americans and 5,000 Filipinos died because of the extreme brutality of their captors, who starved, beat, and kicked them on the way; those who became too weak to walk were bayoneted. Those who survived were taken by rail from San Fernando to POW camps, where another 16,000 Filipinos and at least 1,000 Americans died from disease, mistreatment, and starvation.

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