Burma Railway

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World War II site railway line war crime site

The Burma Railway, also known as the Death Railway, was a World War II Japanese-built rail line in Southeast Asia constructed with forced labor under brutal conditions, causing the deaths of tens of thousands of Allied prisoners of war and Asian civilians.

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All labels observed (10)

Label	Occurrences
Burma Railway canonical	10
Death Railway	5
Thai–Burma Railway	4
Burma–Thailand railway	2
Burma–Thailand railway prisoner-of-war camps	1
Thailand–Burma Railway	1
Thanbyuzayat–Three Pagodas Pass section of Burma Railway	1
World War II Burma Railway terminus	1
construction of Burma Railway 1942–1943	1
former Burma Railway route	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II site ⓘ railway line ⓘ war crime site ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Burma Railway ⓘ surface form: Death Railway Burma Railway ⓘ surface form: Thailand–Burma Railway Burma Railway ⓘ surface form: Thai–Burma Railway
associatedWarCrimeType	forced labor ⓘ inhumane treatment of prisoners of war ⓘ
connects	Ban Pong ⓘ Thanbyuzayat ⓘ
constructedBy	Japan ⓘ surface form: Empire of Japan Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ
constructionEndDate	October 1943 ⓘ
constructionMethod	manual labor ⓘ primitive tools ⓘ
constructionStartDate	June 1942 ⓘ
countryAtConstructionStart	Burma (until 1937) ⓘ surface form: British Burma Thailand ⓘ
estimatedDeaths	over 100000 laborers ⓘ over 12000 Allied prisoners of war ⓘ tens of thousands of Asian civilians ⓘ
featuredIn	novel "The Bridge on the River Kwai" ⓘ surface form: film "The Bridge on the River Kwai" novel "The Bridge on the River Kwai" ⓘ
governedByDuringConstruction	Japanese occupation authorities ⓘ
laborConditions	brutal ⓘ malnutrition ⓘ overwork ⓘ physical abuse ⓘ tropical diseases ⓘ
length	about 258 miles ⓘ about 415 kilometres ⓘ
locatedIn	Myanmar ⓘ surface form: Burma Myanmar ⓘ Southeast Asia ⓘ Thailand ⓘ
memorialSite	Hellfire Pass Memorial Museum ⓘ Kanchanaburi War Cemetery ⓘ Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery ⓘ
notableSection	Bridge on the River Kwai ⓘ Hellfire Pass ⓘ
operatedBy	Japanese military authorities ⓘ
partOf	Pacific War ⓘ World War II ⓘ
postwarStatus	partially dismantled ⓘ partially preserved as a memorial ⓘ partially preserved as a working railway ⓘ
purpose	to improve supply lines between Thailand and Burma ⓘ to support Japanese military operations in Burma ⓘ
usedForcedLabor	Allied prisoners of war ⓘ Asian civilian laborers ⓘ romusha ⓘ

Referenced by (27)

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

The Railway Man → depicts → Burma Railway ⓘ

Burma Railway → alsoKnownAs → Burma Railway ⓘ

this entity surface form: Death Railway

Burma Railway → alsoKnownAs → Burma Railway ⓘ

this entity surface form: Thai–Burma Railway

Burma Railway → alsoKnownAs → Burma Railway ⓘ

this entity surface form: Thailand–Burma Railway

Eric Lomax → heldIn → Burma Railway ⓘ

this entity surface form: Burma–Thailand railway

Eric Lomax → basedOnExperience → Burma Railway ⓘ

this entity surface form: Burma–Thailand railway prisoner-of-war camps

8th Australian Division → notablePOWExperience → Burma Railway ⓘ

this entity surface form: Thai–Burma Railway

Ban Pong → wasKeyRailJunctionFor → Burma Railway ⓘ

Ban Pong → wasStartingPointOf → Burma Railway ⓘ

Thanbyuzayat → historicalSignificance → Burma Railway ⓘ

this entity surface form: World War II Burma Railway terminus

Thanbyuzayat → railwayLineTerminusOf → Burma Railway ⓘ

this entity surface form: Death Railway

Thanbyuzayat → connectedByRailTo → Burma Railway ⓘ

this entity surface form: Thanbyuzayat–Three Pagodas Pass section of Burma Railway

Thanbyuzayat → historicalEvent → Burma Railway ⓘ

this entity surface form: construction of Burma Railway 1942–1943

Bridge on the River Kwai → partOf → Burma Railway ⓘ

Bridge on the River Kwai → associatedWith → Burma Railway ⓘ

this entity surface form: Thai–Burma Railway

Hellfire Pass → partOf → Burma Railway ⓘ

this entity surface form: Thai–Burma Railway

Hellfire Pass → partOf → Burma Railway ⓘ

this entity surface form: Death Railway

Kanchanaburi War Cemetery → associatedWith → Burma Railway ⓘ

this entity surface form: Death Railway

Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery → associatedWith → Burma Railway ⓘ

this entity surface form: Death Railway

Hellfire Pass Memorial Museum → locatedOn → Burma Railway ⓘ

this entity surface form: former Burma Railway route

novel "The Bridge on the River Kwai" → settingPlace → Burma Railway ⓘ

subject surface form: The Bridge on the River Kwai

Richard Flanagan → hasWrittenAbout → Burma Railway ⓘ

this entity surface form: Burma–Thailand railway

The Railway Man (film score) → mainSubject → Burma Railway ⓘ