Burma Railway
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The Burma Railway, also known as the Siam–Burma Railway, Thai–Burma Railway and similar names, or as the Death Railway, is a 415 km railway between Ban Pong, Thailand, and Thanbyuzayat, Burma. It was
The railway bridge over the Khwae Yai River in Kanchanaburi Province, Thailand.
Civilian workers during the construction of the railway between June 1942 and October 1943.
The British government sold the Thai section of the Burma Railway to the Thai government for a total of 50 million baht.
An abandoned section of the Death Railway in Thanbyuzayat, Myanmar (Burma).
Tamarkan
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Tamarkan was a Japanese prisoner of war work camp during World War II. The camp was initially used for the construction of the bridge over the Khwae Yai or Mae Klong River and not the River Kwai. The
Theatre hut at Tamarkan (1942 or 43)
Sketch of the construction of the stone bridge (1943)
Operating theatre at Tamarkan (1943)