Death march

A death march is a forced march of prisoners of war or other captives or deportees in which individuals are left to die along the way. It is distinguished from simple prisoner transport via foot march.

Death March Media

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  Armenian people are marched to a nearby prison in Mezireh by armed Ottoman soldiers during the Armenian genocide. Kharpert, Ottoman Empire, April 1915.

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  Arab-Swahili slave traders and their captives on the Ruvuma River

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  American and Filipino POWs during the Bataan Death March.

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  A group of Croatians during the Bleiburg repatriations.

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  French soldiers who were captured at Điện Biên Phủ were force-marched over 600 km (370 mi). Of 10,863 prisoners, only 3,290 of them were repatriated four months later.