Exploring the execution site of Imperial Japanese Army General Tomoyuki Yamashita in Los Baños, Laguna: | World War II in the Philippines

On the 10th of April 1942, the day following the surrender of American and Filipino troops on the Bataan Peninsula to forces of the Empire of Japanese, the infamous "Bataan Death March" began. 🚶‍♂️🚶🏼‍♂️ After U.S. and Filipino troops retreated to the Bataan Peninsula, they conducted valiant but futile defense against the invading Japanese. Reduced in numbers by hunger and disease as well as battle casualties, they had reached the end of their ability to effectively resist. On 9 April 1942, Ma