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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Generate an image of the Burma Railway (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 ⓘ
linked to: Burma Railway

Thailand–Burma Railway ⓘ
linked to: Burma Railway

Thai–Burma Railway ⓘ
linked to: Burma Railway
associatedWarCrimeType forced labor ⓘ
inhumane treatment of prisoners of war ⓘ
connects Ban Pong ⓘ
Thanbyuzayat ⓘ
constructedBy Empire of Japan ⓘ
linked to: Japan

Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ
constructionEndDate October 1943 ⓘ
constructionMethod manual labor ⓘ
primitive tools ⓘ
constructionStartDate June 1942 ⓘ
countryAtConstructionStart British Burma ⓘ
linked to: Burma (until 1937)

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 ⓘ
laborConditions brutal ⓘ
malnutrition ⓘ
overwork ⓘ
physical abuse ⓘ
tropical diseases ⓘ
length about 258 miles ⓘ
about 415 kilometres ⓘ
locatedIn Burma ⓘ
linked to: Myanmar

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 ⓘ

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The Railway Man → depicts → Burma Railway ⓘ
Burma Railway → alsoKnownAs → Death Railway ⓘ
linked to: Burma Railway
Burma Railway → alsoKnownAs → Thai–Burma Railway ⓘ
linked to: Burma Railway
Burma Railway → alsoKnownAs → Thailand–Burma Railway ⓘ
linked to: Burma Railway
Eric Lomax → heldIn → Burma–Thailand railway ⓘ
linked to: Burma Railway
Eric Lomax → basedOnExperience → Burma–Thailand railway prisoner-of-war camps ⓘ
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8th Australian Division → notablePOWExperience → Thai–Burma Railway ⓘ
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Ban Pong → wasKeyRailJunctionFor → Burma Railway ⓘ
Ban Pong → wasStartingPointOf → Burma Railway ⓘ
Thanbyuzayat → historicalSignificance → World War II Burma Railway terminus ⓘ
linked to: Burma Railway
Thanbyuzayat → railwayLineTerminusOf → Burma Railway ⓘ
Thanbyuzayat → railwayLineTerminusOf → Death Railway ⓘ
linked to: Burma Railway
Thanbyuzayat → connectedByRailTo → Thanbyuzayat–Three Pagodas Pass section of Burma Railway ⓘ
linked to: Burma Railway
Thanbyuzayat → historicalEvent → construction of Burma Railway 1942–1943 ⓘ
linked to: Burma Railway
Bridge on the River Kwai → partOf → Burma Railway ⓘ
Bridge on the River Kwai → associatedWith → Thai–Burma Railway ⓘ
linked to: Burma Railway
Hellfire Pass → partOf → Thai–Burma Railway ⓘ
linked to: Burma Railway
Hellfire Pass → partOf → Death Railway ⓘ
linked to: Burma Railway
Kanchanaburi War Cemetery → associatedWith → Death Railway ⓘ
linked to: Burma Railway
Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery → associatedWith → Death Railway ⓘ
linked to: Burma Railway
Hellfire Pass Memorial Museum → locatedOn → former Burma Railway route ⓘ
linked to: Burma Railway
The Bridge on the River Kwai → settingPlace → Burma Railway ⓘ
Richard Flanagan → hasWrittenAbout → Burma–Thailand railway ⓘ
linked to: Burma Railway
Three Pagodas Pass → near → Burma Railway ⓘ
Sai Yok National Park → traversedBy → historic Burma Railway ⓘ
linked to: Burma Railway
Thanbyuzayat Township → railway → Burma–Thailand railway ⓘ
linked to: Burma Railway
Myanma Railways → predecessor → Burma Railways ⓘ
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Death Railway Museum and memorials → relatedTo → Burma–Thailand Railway ⓘ
linked to: Burma Railway
Three Pagodas Pass (via Burma Railway route) → associatedWith → Thai–Burma Railway ⓘ
linked to: Burma Railway
Three Pagodas Pass (via Burma Railway route) → railwaySectionConnected → Burmese section of Burma Railway ⓘ
linked to: Burma Railway
Death Railway Bridge → partOf → Burma Railway ⓘ
Death Railway Bridge → associatedWith → Burma Railway construction ⓘ
linked to: Burma Railway
Death Railway Bridge → partOf → Thai–Burma Railway ⓘ
linked to: Burma Railway
Thailand–Burma Railway Centre → focusesOn → Thailand–Burma Railway ⓘ
linked to: Burma Railway
Bridge over the Khwae Yai River → partOf → Thai–Burma Railway ⓘ
linked to: Burma Railway
Major Warden → settingOfActivity → Burma Railway ⓘ
Don-Rak War Cemetery → locatedOn → Burma Railway ⓘ
Don-Rak War Cemetery → associatedWith → Burma Railway ⓘ
2/30th Battalion → associatedWith → Thai–Burma Railway ⓘ
linked to: Burma Railway