To Commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the Railway, 1942 – 1992.
The railway was one of the great engineering feats of the Second World War. Asian labourers and prisoners of war (P.O.W.) moved 7 million cubic metres of earth and rock in . . . — — Map (db m227953) HM
Welcome to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Chungkai War Cemetery.
During the Second World War tens of thousands of Commonwealth, Dutch and American service personnel became prisoners of war (POWs) of the Japanese.
In 1942, the . . . — — Map (db m230117) HM WM
慰 靈 “to comfort spirits”(Japanese inscription on the reverse)
Misfortunes during the construction of the Thai-Burma railway link caused the death of laborers from southern . . . — — Map (db m225680) WM
1. During the Second World War the Japanese Army constructed a military railway line branching off the southern
line at Nong Pladuk station, km 64-196. This line crossed over the River Kwai at Kanchanaburi, traversed along
the bank of Khwae Noi . . . — — Map (db m227188) HM
The Bridge over the River Kwae was built during the Great Pacific War when Japan declared war on the United States of America and England, later became a part of World War II. The bridge was begun in October, 2485 B.E. (1942 A.D.) and completed in . . . — — Map (db m227908) HM
In memory of
the approximately seven hundred servicemen of
the United States of America, who as prisoners
of war of the Japanese during World War II were
moved to Thailand and Burma, interned in prison
camps and forced to work on the . . . — — Map (db m225679) HM WM
