Masaharu Homma: The Japanese General Held Responsible for the Bataan Death March

World History: True Stories of the 20th Century · Mar 9, 2026 · 14m

Masaharu Homma, a general of the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II, became forever linked to one of the most infamous atrocities of the Pacific War — the Bataan Death March.

General Masaharu Homma was one of the most controversial Japanese commanders of World War II. Celebrated early in his career as a cultured, Western-educated officer — fluent in English, a military attaché in London, and even a poet — Homma would become forever associated with one of the most brutal atrocities of the Pacific War: the Bataan Death March. This documentary explores Homma’s path from his early years…