How many people participated in the Bataan Death March should be discussed from the following aspects. According to the statistics of bereavement after World War II, as many as 40,000 American and Filipino soldiers died in Bataan's death March at the beginning of the Pacific War. After the fall of Bataan Peninsula, American and Philippine troops surrendered to Japan one after another, with the total number of surrenders as high as100000. This1100,000 people participated in the Bataan death March, and of course, some Japanese troops followed the prisoners to participate in the Bataan death March. According to the data, there were 30,000 Japanese who participated in the Bataan Death March.
It can be seen that there were130,000 people who participated in the Bataan death March at that time. However, during the March, because the Japanese soldiers did not provide enough food and water for the surrendered American and Filipino soldiers, American soldiers were extremely uncomfortable with the natural environment of Filipino soldiers, and many American and Filipino soldiers fell ill or were killed by the Japanese army. The data shows that more than 15000 American and Filipino soldiers died during the whole March. After arriving at the prison camp, many soldiers died because they were ill and didn't get treatment, so nearly 20 thousand people died. By then, only 90,000 soldiers, including 30,000 Japanese soldiers, took part in the Bataan death March.