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bataan is typical lie of ghq
read this idiot

>truth of bataan

In the first place, the IJA treated POWs in accordance with international law and with common sense. No Japanese generals considered what they did to be a war crime

Of course there may have been US soldier who lost their lives due to physical weakness on the way to transport these POWs. But this does not mean that the IJA committed murder. It is wrong to call it a "death march" or to make it a war crime. Let us examine the evidence for this

Testimony of Gonzalez, a company commander of the 3rd Division of the US Army
Many of us had malaria and dysentery. We were sick. So if we had been healthy, we would not have been on a 'death march. We were young. Most of the Filipino soldiers were in their 20s. No matter how healthy we were, a march of about 100 km in April would have been painful, but it would not have been a "death march. We were also malnourished. We were sick, but if we had been well fed, it would not have been a 'death march
(Noriko Takazawa, "Walking the Bataan 'Death March'")

As long as they were in good health, the distance they were transported was within the bounds of common sense. In other words, it was not an insane and grueling distance to begin with. As proof, Takazawa, the author of this source, walked the same route and distance with about 100 other participants in an event called "Raw March. It is a distance that even the average person today, with no special training, can walk

So what about the food problem that Mr. Gonzalez mentions?

The US forces fled to the Bataan Peninsula at the end of December and surrendered in late March, but they were short of food for about three months. This was the fault of MacArthur who was only able to prepare one month's worth of food. The Japanese had also been cutting back on food since February. The Japanese soldiers were hungry as well. In other words, it is wrong to place the "blame" for the food problem solely on the Japanese