The quote below was written to describe an event in the 1940s: "The Japanese culture at that time reflected the view that any warrior who surrendered had no honor; thus was not fit to be treated like a human being."
This quote from the Congressional Record helps explain the reason for which of the following?
A. Japan's use of kamikaze attacks
B. the atrocities of Japan's Bataan Death March
C. the United States' use of atomic bombs on Japan
D. the Axis Powers' acceptance of Japan as an ally

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Answer:

The correct answer is B. This quote explains the reason for the atrocities of Japan's Bataan Death March, in which American and Filipino prisoners were tortured and killed while being conducted to a prisoners camp.

Explanation:

The Bataan Death March was an event in which American and Filipino prisoners of war marched from Bataan to the Japanese concentration camp on the island of Luzon, Philippines, in 1942. It was one of the first war crimes of World War II.

During this march, between 7,000 and 10,000 prisoners died from various diseases, malnutrition and ill-treatment. The exact number of the victims is not known, as many of the prisoners escaped on the march. The ill-treatment continued at O’Donnell Camp and later Cabanatuan. The American prisoners were gradually displaced to the camps in Korea, Japan and Manchuria, and the Philippine troops were pardoned and released on June 6, 1942.

Japan's Bataan death march was a reckless torture took place due to damaged ego of lieutenant general Masaharu Homma.

In Bataan death march the weaker and malnourished were targeted to death.

What was Bataan death march?

In Bataan death march the Imperial Japanese army forcibly  transferred 60 to 80 thousands American and Filipino prisoners of war, where they were pressured to march till they die.

Therefore option B, 'the atrocities of Japan's Bataan Death March' the correct option.

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