Bataan and the Manila massacre are US propaganda. The truth is Japan liberated the Philippines, which gained independence in 1943, before the end of WW2.
The US ever made two fake independence promises to Filipinos.
The first one is when fighting against Spain, the US made a promise to Filipino for the independence from Spain, and had them fight with US. But after a battle, US colonized Philippine.
The second one is how US turned Filipino against Japanese when its nation already became independent without US in 1943. In 1941, after FDR put Japan with no choice but fight against US by supporting Chiang kai-shek militarily and financially and isolating Japan with an embargo, Japan attacked Pearl Harbor 7th December 1941, next day attacked the US in Philippine and kicked US military out of Philippine. Douglas Macarthur escaped to Australia on 11th March in 1942 leaving his soldiers in Philippine. Japan helped the independence of Philippine in 1943 with Jose Laurel leading to Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere. As usual, the US called Jose Laurel regime as a puppet, which is US tactics when US is the one having puppets on its own. The US made up anti-Japanese propaganda, Death March of Bataan, and used Filipino guerrilla to attack Japanese in Philippine. It was US that bombed Manila city but US and its Filipino collaborators spread propagandas such as Manila Massacre and Japanese atrocity which all allegedly happened since 1943, raising the question why Japanese would become suddenly an evil monster when helping Filipino for independence?
After Japan lost a war, the US betrayed Philippine and forced to agree on unfair treaty, Manila Treaty, and set a series of puppet governments. After the war, the other former South east Asia colonizers such as British, French , and Dutch followed the same by coming back their colonies and killed locals in Malaysia, Vietnam , and Indonesia respectively.
Later among these victorious western nations, only Dutch apologized to Indonesia, while British and especially the US demonized Japan with Nanking and Manila massacre to dodge their war crimes and wrote their convenient history to the world.
¶ The US colonized Philippine 1898~
¶ Japanese attack on Philippine after Pearl Harbor
(Below) Japanese victory in Philippine in Mindanao island
¶ Bataan
The Tribune, 24th April in 1942, Japanese General, Masaharu Honma (本間雅晴)
Japanese, the US POW, and Filipinos (soldiers and refugees) moved from Mariveles to Capas sometimes they used truck and rails. The distance they walked min 45Km, max 80km taking 3 days, 15km to 30km per a day, with medical clinics and water supply points along way.
These are photos of Bataan from a book “Paint and War” (絵具と戦争), by the author Mizoguchi Ikuo 溝口郁夫.
¶ The independence of Philippines in 1943
(Movie) The independence ceremony of the Philippines in 1943
(Below) People celebrating in front of the statue of Jose Rizal
The family photo of Philippine first president Jose Laurel
¶ Yet, the US came back.
What gives the US a right to come back to the independence declared nation and make it a battle field?
(Movie) Luzon Frontline, the US came back
¶ After WW2, US puppet regime
Source: The Country's Puppet Regime Exposure