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A soldier from the New Zealand Division overlooking a group of German POW's during the Second Battle of El Alamein, November 1942. According to historians Niall Ferguson and Keith Lowe, German POWs held by British and Commonwealth countries, only had a 0.03% percentage of casualties. German and Japanese POW camps could raise that number to a 33% and even to a 57.5% in camps bound to Soviets. One of the most infamous treatment to POWs happened in the Philippines, where the events carried out by the Japanese in 9 April 1942 are known as the Bataan Death March. Exact casualties are unknown. Estimates range from 5,650 to 18,000 POW deaths killed by fatigue, severe physical abuse and wanton killings.