7 janv. 1942 - Bataan
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As the US doesn't have enough money to keep some of the army on the Philippines, they are asked to retreat. The only problem was that at least 60,000 American soldiers could not get home. Since they were so weakened due to the lack of supplies. The Japanese easily captures the Philippines. Everyone of the US soldiers is forced to march to POW camps and at least 10,000 die from abuse, starvation, and exhaustion.
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