Answer and Explanation
American troops surrendering in 1942
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Question 0902:
The biggest surrender in American military history, involving almost 12,000 U.S. soldiers, occurred where during World War 2?
(A) at Kasserine Pass in North Africa
(B) on the Bataan Peninsula in the Philippine Islands
(C) at the Battle of the Bulge in northern Europe
(D) on Guadacanal Island in the South Pacific
(E) at Anzio Beach in Italy
The biggest surrender in American military history, involving almost 12,000 U.S. soldiers, occurred where during World War 2?
(A) at Kasserine Pass in North Africa
(B) on the Bataan Peninsula in the Philippine Islands
(C) at the Battle of the Bulge in northern Europe
(D) on Guadacanal Island in the South Pacific
(E) at Anzio Beach in Italy
Answer:
(B) on the Bataan Peninsula in the Philippine Islands
Explanation:
Along with the attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941, Japanese forces invaded the Philippine Islands. After resistance proved futile, American General Ned King surrendered his troops to the Japanese. The captured American and Filipinos were then forced to participate in a brutal 75-mile march to prison camps which resulted in thousands dying of thirst, beatings, and executions. The Japanese commanding general, Masaharu Homma, was tried and executed for war crimes following Japan's surrender in 1945.
(B) on the Bataan Peninsula in the Philippine Islands
Explanation:
Along with the attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941, Japanese forces invaded the Philippine Islands. After resistance proved futile, American General Ned King surrendered his troops to the Japanese. The captured American and Filipinos were then forced to participate in a brutal 75-mile march to prison camps which resulted in thousands dying of thirst, beatings, and executions. The Japanese commanding general, Masaharu Homma, was tried and executed for war crimes following Japan's surrender in 1945.
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