The real story of what came to be known as the Burma Death Railway is far grislier than any movie could make it, and the ways that the prisoners who built it managed to stay alive is a fascinating ...

The remains of 106 Tamil laborers who, under Japanese occupation, were forced to work on the "death railway" between Thailand ...

The Death Railway in Thailand isn’t just a historic site; it’s a poignant reminder of sacrifice, resilience, and a testimony to human endurance. Officially called the Burma Railway, this 415 ...

The Death Railway line from Ban Pong in Siam (Thailand) to Ye in Burma (Myanmar) was built over 76 years ago by Prisoners of War (PoW) and slave labourers. Besides the Tamils, Chinese and Malays ...

The Thai-Burma Railway cut through thick jungles ... but they believe it is crucial to preserving the full history of the death railway. "We find fragments, rusted tools, railway spikes, pieces ...

Seventy-five years ago, in June 1942, the Japanese Occupation Army commissioned the construction of the Thai-Burma Railway that later gained its infamous name, the Death Railway.

Even as a young man, Jack Jennings was something of an expert on wood. He knew his oak from his ash, and his elm from his beech. Since leaving school at 14 he had worked with wood, first on the ...

Jack was taken to Changi prison camp in Singapore but at the beginning of 1943 he was sent to work on the Burma railway, often called the Death Railway. About 12,000 Allied prisoners died during ...

His father, Arch Flanagan, was a survivor of the infamous Thai-Burma Death Railway, built during World War II by Allied prisoners of war under harrowing conditions.