The Bataan Death March

By sarahk1995
  • The Proposal

    The Proposal

    The Philippine president ( Manuel q.) had proposed that the United States should be able to grant independence to the Philippines so that they could surrender. However, FDR rejected this.
  • General Dougalas MacArthur Leaves

    General Dougalas MacArthur Leaves

    MacArthur( Genereal and feild marshall of the Phillipines) leaves the Philippines for Australia because FDR ordered him to.
  • Final offensive

    Final offensive

    Japan decided to launch its final attack on Bataan.
  • The Surrender

    The Surrender

    General Edward King surrenders Bataan.
  • The Bataan March begins

    The Bataan March begins

    76,000 Allied Prisioners of War including 12,000 Americans are forced to walk 60 miles under a hot son with no food or water. The Bataan March starts.
  • The End

    The End

    The Bataan Death March ends
  • Taking Control

    Taking Control

    Japanese take central Burma.
  • The Japanese occupy Mandalay

    The Japanese occupy Mandalay

    Japanese obtain Mandalay in Burma
  • Obtaining the islands

    Obtaining the islands

    Japanese control Tulagi in the Solomon Islands.
  • The Battle

    The Battle

    Japanese take Corregidor( battle) as General Wainwright (an american army officer) unconditionally surrenders all U.S. And Filipino forces in the Philippines.
  • The two opposing forces fought

    The two opposing forces fought

    Japan suffered its first defeat of the war during the Battle of the Coral Sea off New Guinea . It was the first time in history that two opposing forces fought only using aircraft without the opposing ships without looking at them.
  • The U.S troops

    The U.S troops

    The last U.S. Troops holding out in the Philippines surrender on Mindanao