Burma railway

Burma railway
a railway built by the Japanese in Burma during World War II. They used prisoners of war to build the railway, and many of them died. The film, Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), is about a group of British prisoners who have to build a bridge for the railway.

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  • Burma Campaign 1942-1943 — Infobox Military Conflict conflict = Burma Campaign partof = the Pacific War during World War II caption = Geography of Burma date = June 1942 ndash; September 1943 place = Burma result = Japanese victory casus = territory = combatant1 =… …   Wikipedia

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