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What did the Philippines campaign reveal about Japan, whom the United States fought in the Pacific during World War II?

Japan had a powerful navy, but its ground forces posed little threat.

Japanese troops could not be defeated in jungle warfare.

Japan had a powerful military, and prisoners of war would not be well treated.

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Answer: Japan had a powerful military, and prisoners of war would not be well treated.

The fall of the Philippines (Bataan and Corregidor) and the subsequent Bataan Death March and harsh POW conditions made clear both Japanese military effectiveness and their brutality toward captured soldiers.