Burma Railway
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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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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
World War II site
→
railway line → war crime site → |
| alsoKnownAs |
Death Railway
→
Thailand–Burma Railway → Thai–Burma Railway → |
| associatedWarCrimeType |
forced labor
→
inhumane treatment of prisoners of war → |
| connects |
Ban Pong
→
Thanbyuzayat → |
| constructedBy |
Empire of Japan
→
Imperial Japanese Army → |
| constructionEndDate |
October 1943
→
|
| constructionMethod |
manual labor
→
primitive tools → |
| constructionStartDate |
June 1942
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|
| countryAtConstructionStart |
British Burma
→
Thailand → |
| estimatedDeaths |
over 100000 laborers
→
over 12000 Allied prisoners of war → tens of thousands of Asian civilians → |
| featuredIn |
film "The Bridge on the River Kwai"
→
novel "The Bridge on the River Kwai" → |
| governedByDuringConstruction |
Japanese occupation authorities
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|
| laborConditions |
brutal
→
malnutrition → overwork → physical abuse → tropical diseases → |
| length |
about 258 miles
→
about 415 kilometres → |
| locatedIn |
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
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Asian civilian laborers → romusha → |
Referenced by (4)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Burma Railway
("Death Railway")
→
Burma Railway ("Thai–Burma Railway") → Burma Railway ("Thailand–Burma Railway") → |
alsoKnownAs |
|
The Railway Man
→
|
depicts |