The Bataan Death March-1942 - Chapter 29

The Bataan Death March is considered the worst punishment of prisoners of war in the history of mankind. The Japanese made the POW's walk hundreds of miles to get to Bataan, if a prisoner fell behind on the march, he was killed, if the POW's tried to escape and they were caught, they were killed. The Japanese also lined up the soldiers and shot them. Even though the Geneva convention was set up, the Japanese deflected it because they thought that through war, they were being threatened and if their country is being threatened they should retaliate. The Japanese were very harsh because they believed that it is essential to have a strong army. They started out training soldiers from the time they were little kids until they were done being teenagers. The soldiers were broken from their daily routines and their personal lives into killing machines that would do anything to protect their homeland. This is why the Japanese soldiers did what they did to the POW's of WWII.