And so it was decided that a railway connecting Thailand and Burma would be constructed through dense tropical jungle over hilly terrain with hundreds of rivers, including the Kwae Noi River ...

The Death Railway in Thailand, also known as the Burma Railway, was built during World War II by the Japanese. It stands as a ...

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 ...

during the construction of the 415km Thailand-Burma Railway, as it was called then, remains largely unseen. The exact number of deaths during the construction of the railway is unknown ...

during the construction of the 415km Thailand-Burma Railway, as it was called then, remains largely unseen. The exact number of deaths during the construction of the railway is unknown ...

He had been a prisoner of the Japanese for more than three years, during which time he had been forced to build the infamous Burma railway and carry out other punishing work on rations of just a ...

Wing Commander Clive Beadon’s bravery in the skies of Asia hailed as his medals go up for auction Wing Commander Clive Beadon was dive-bombing the Burma-Siam railway in an RAF Liberator ...

the invaders swarmed through the mountain passes on the Thailand-Burma border. They struck directly at Moulmein, about 170 miles east of Rangoon by the railroad around the Gulf of Martaban.

He had been dive-bombing the Burma-Siam railway to an altitude as low as 150 feet when his RAF Liberator suffered a direct hit, which killed his gunner and started a fire in the rear turret.