Song Khwae Road, Kanchanaburi, Kanchanaburi Province, 71000, Thailand
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Introduction
During World War II, Japan built a railway to occupy Burma, connecting Bangkok, Thailand and Yangon, Myanmar. This railway became known as the Death Railway due to the extremely high death rate among the workers during its construction. The Japanese military recruited 12,000 men (known as the Fifth Railway Regiment) and captured 62,000 Allied soldiers (including 6,318 from the UK, 2,815 from Australia, 2,490 from the Netherlands, and others from the US and other countries). Before the war ended, 12,000 people died. Additionally, tens of thousands of Thai people, 180,000 Burmese (of which 40,000 died), 80,000 Malayan people (42,000 died), and 45,000 Indonesian people participated in the construction. Address Song Khwae Road, Kanchanaburi, Kanchanaburi Province, 71000, Thailand
Transportation 6:30 a.m. Bangkok (Victory Monument) - approximately 9:30 a.m. Nakhon Pathom (PLOY GH)
