Bridge on the River Kwai

E307839

World War II site railway bridge tourist attraction

Bridge on the River Kwai is a famous World War II railway bridge in Thailand, immortalized by the novel and film of the same name and symbolizing the suffering of Allied prisoners forced to build it.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Bridge over the River Kwai	3
The Bridge on the River Kwai	3
Bridge on the River Kwai canonical	2

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II site ⓘ railway bridge ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Bridge on the River Kwai ⓘ surface form: Bridge over the River Kwai Death Railway Bridge ⓘ
associatedWith	Burma Railway ⓘ Burma Railway ⓘ surface form: Thai–Burma Railway novel "The Bridge on the River Kwai" ⓘ surface form: The Bridge on the River Kwai (film)
constructedBy	Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ
constructedDuring	World War II ⓘ
constructedUsing	Allied prisoners of war ⓘ Asian forced laborers ⓘ
country	Thailand ⓘ
crosses	Khwae Noi River ⓘ surface form: Khwae Yai River
hasCommemorationEvent	annual remembrance ceremonies ⓘ
hasCoordinateRegion	Western Thailand ⓘ surface form: western Thailand
hasCulturalImpactOn	World War II popular memory ⓘ
hasHeritageStatus	war memorial site ⓘ
hasHistoricalPeriod	Japanese occupation of Southeast Asia ⓘ
hasMaterial	concrete ⓘ steel ⓘ
hasNameOrigin	Khwae Noi River ⓘ surface form: Khwae Yai River
hasNameVariant	Bridge over the Khwae Yai River ⓘ
hasNearbyAttraction	Kanchanaburi War Cemetery ⓘ Thailand–Burma Railway Centre ⓘ
hasRiverNameAssociation	Bang Pakong River ⓘ surface form: River Kwai
hasStructureType	truss bridge ⓘ
hasSubjectIn	war museums in Kanchanaburi ⓘ
hasTheme	remembrance of war victims ⓘ
hasTransportFunction	link between Thailand and former Burma Railway route ⓘ
influencedBy	wartime Japanese railway strategy ⓘ
inspiredBy	novel "The Bridge on the River Kwai" ⓘ surface form: The Bridge over the River Kwai (novel)
isMemorialFor	Allied prisoners of war who died on the Burma Railway ⓘ Asian laborers who died on the Burma Railway ⓘ
isPartOf	Thai railway network ⓘ
isTouristDestinationFor	war history tourism ⓘ
locatedIn	Kanchanaburi Province ⓘ Thailand ⓘ
partOf	Burma Railway ⓘ
symbolizes	brutality of wartime forced labor ⓘ suffering of Allied prisoners of war ⓘ
usedFor	rail transport ⓘ
visitedBy	international tourists ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Burma Railway → notableSection → Bridge on the River Kwai ⓘ

Sam Spiegel → notableAwardWinningFilm → Bridge on the River Kwai ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Bridge on the River Kwai

Western Thailand → hasTouristAttraction → Bridge on the River Kwai ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bridge over the River Kwai

Jack Hildyard → notableWork → Bridge on the River Kwai ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Bridge on the River Kwai

Jack Hildyard → workedOn → Bridge on the River Kwai ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Bridge on the River Kwai

Bridge on the River Kwai → alsoKnownAs → Bridge on the River Kwai ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bridge over the River Kwai

Kanchanaburi War Cemetery → near → Bridge on the River Kwai ⓘ

Planet of the Apes by Pierre Boulle → relatedWork → Bridge on the River Kwai ⓘ

subject surface form: Planet of the Apes

this entity surface form: Bridge over the River Kwai