The Bataan Death March was a brutal forced transfer of Filipino and American prisoners of war by the Japanese military during World War II. It took place in April 1942, after the fall of Bataan in the Philippines, and involved over 70,000 POWs being marched over 60 miles to prison camps. Many prisoners were subjected to extreme physical abuse, starvation, and dehydration during the march, resulting in thousands of deaths. It is considered one of the most notorious war crimes of World War II.
