1943 ⟶ POW Escape from Davao Penal Colony
The only large-scale escape of Allied prisoners-of-war from ...
Year
1943
1944
🏃 POW Escape from Davao Penal Colony
The only large-scale escape of Allied prisoners-of-war from the Japanese in the Pacific takes place when ten American POWs and two Filipino convicts break out of the Davao Penal Colony on the island of Mindanao in the southern Philippines. The escaped POWs were the first to break the news of the infamous Bataan Death March and other atrocities committed by the Japanese to the world.⟶
PhilippinesDavao Penal ColonyPOW EscapeBataan Death MarchWar CrimesJapanese AtrocitiesPacific TheaterPrisoner of WarAtrocities
