Kanchanaburi War Cemetery
Sangkhlaburi the city of the Mon people
Mueang Pilok, Thailand
Idyllic scene on Khao Laem Dam
Bridge to Sangkhlaburi the city of the Mon people
Inside Wat Wang Wiwekaram
Inside the disputed Tiger Temple in Thailand
Chat under Karen women in Baan Pi Lok
Preparing Mohinga
Baan Pi Lok
One of the three pagodas
Border pass to Burma (Myanmar)
Remains of the railway at the Three Pagodas Pass
A view over Khao Laem Reservoir
Wat Wang Wiwekaram in Sangkhlaburi
Chedi at Wat Wang Wiwekaram in Sangklaburi
River Kwai bridge
San phra phum ศาลพระภูมิ
Buffalos in Wat Pa Luangta Bua
Shelter fortress on the Burmesian border near Sang…
A romantic evening ambiance at the Khao Laem dam
At Sam Ong Chedi (Three Pagoda Pass)
On an island in the Khao Laem Dam
A temple in the mist
Sunset at the Khao Laem Dam
Inside the Tiger Temple
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Hellfire pass
Hellfire Pass was a particularly difficult section of the line to build due to it being the largest rock cutting on the railway, coupled with its general remoteness and the lack of proper construction tools during building. A tunnel would have been possible to build instead of a cutting, but this could only be constructed at the two ends at any one time, whereas the cutting could be constructed at all points simultaneously despite the excess effort required by the POWs. The Australian, British, Dutch and other allied Prisoners of War were required by the Japanese to work 18 hours a day to complete the cutting. Sixty nine men were beaten to death by Japanese and Korean guards in the six weeks it took to build the cutting, and many more died from cholera, dysentery, starvation, and exhaustion. However, the majority of deaths occurred amongst labourers whom the Japanese enticed to come to help build the line with promises of good jobs. These labourers, mostly Malayans (Chinese, Malays and Tamils from Malaya), suffered mostly the same as the POWs at the hands of the Japanese. The Japanese kept no records of these deaths.
The railway was never built to a level of lasting permanence and was frequently bombed by the Royal Air Force during the Burma Campaign. After the war, all but the present section was closed and the line is now only in service between Bangkok and Nam Tok.
The railway was never built to a level of lasting permanence and was frequently bombed by the Royal Air Force during the Burma Campaign. After the war, all but the present section was closed and the line is now only in service between Bangkok and Nam Tok.
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