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"
Death
Railway
"
Kanchanaburi
It was
constructed
in 1942,
when the
Japanese
army decided
to build
a 415
km (260
mile)
long railway
line linking
Burma
and Thailand,
thereby
guaranteeing
an unbroken
link between
the Japanese
base in
Singapore
and the
Indian
front.
Several
hundreds
of thousands
of coolies
from the
region
and some
60,000
allied
prisoners
of war
were forced
to work
under
inhuman
condition
in order
to complete
the Kanchanaburi
section
through
mountainous
jungle
territory,
including
the construction
of the
bridge
over the
River
Kwai.
No fewer
than 90,000
coolies
and 16,000
prisoners
of war
died during
construction,
thus giving
rise to
the tragic
name of
"Death
Railway"
When in
October
1943 the
first
trains
rattled
over the
bridge,
the Japanese
had already
virtually
lost the
war in
Southeast
Asia.
In 1944,
the bridge
was bombed.
At the
end of
the war
most of
the railway
line war
dismantled
by the
Thais
and today
the passengers
in the
trains
which
still
run across
the bridge
are mainly
tourists.To
one side
the remains
of the
temporary
wooden
bridge
erected
during
construction
and almost
completely
destroyed
in an
allied
bomb attack
still
stand.
Nearby
lies the
modest
but crucial
Japanese
monument,
framed
by four
cornerstones
with inscriptions.
At the
end of
November/beginning
of December
each year,
the first
bombing
of the
bridge
is commemorated
in an
elaborate
sound
and light
spectacle.
Kanchanaburi
It was
constructed
in 1942,
when the
Japanese
army decided
to build
a 415
km (260
mile)
long railway
line linking
Burma
and Thailand,
thereby
guaranteeing
an unbroken
link between
the Japanese
base in
Singapore
and the
Indian
front.
Several
hundreds
of thousands
of coolies
from the
region
and some
60,000
allied
prisoners
of war
were forced
to work
under
inhuman
condition
in order
to complete
the Kanchanaburi
section
through
mountainous
jungle
territory,
including
the construction
of the
bridge
over the
River
Kwai.
No fewer
than 90,000
coolies
and 16,000
prisoners
of war
died during
construction,
thus giving
rise to
the tragic
name of
"Death
Railway"
When in
October
1943 the
first
trains
rattled
over the
bridge,
the Japanese
had already
virtually
lost the
war in
Southeast
Asia.
In 1944,
the bridge
was bombed.
At the
end of
the war
most of
the railway
line war
dismantled
by the
Thais
and today
the passengers
in the
trains
which
still
run across
the bridge
are mainly
tourists.
To
one side
the remains
of the
temporary
wooden
bridge
erected
during
construction
and almost
completely
destroyed
in an
allied
bomb attack
still
stand.
Nearby
lies the
modest
but crucial
Japanese
monument,
framed
by four
cornerstones
with inscriptions.
At the
end of
November/beginning
of December
each year,
the first
bombing
of the
bridge
is commemorated
in an
elaborate
sound
and light
spectacle.