History of the United States II / Unit 12 USH2 1695 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Japanese Advance
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The idea
From December nineteen forty-one to May nineteen forty-two Japan seized Guam, Wake, the Philippines and the Dutch East Indies.
In practice
Bataan's American and Filipino defenders surrendering, out of ammunition and supplies.
Where people slip
On the march that followed, as many as six hundred fifty American and ten thousand Filipino prisoners died, the anchor says; the Yawp gives ten thousand dead.
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