Burma railway

Art.IWM ART 15747 79. image: A scene in Konyu camp showing two lines of Prisoners of War in very poor physical condition three showing the swollen legs of beri-beri

Myanmar Travel Photoblog: The colonial building on the corner of Bogyoke Aung San Road in Yangon is the former Myanmar Railways HQ, soon to be a five-star hotel

Kanchanaburi Cemetary, Thailand. This is a main WWII cemetary associated with the POWs who died at the hands of the Japanese during the construction of the Burma Railway. Almost 7000 young men are buried here, mostly Australian, British and Dutch. It's a very sad and moving place and I will never forget my visit there. This cemetary is very close to the "Bridge over the River Kwai".

Royal Air Force aircraft attack bridges on the Burma-Siam railway. British and Commonwealth forces halted the Japanese advance at the Burma-India frontier in 1942, but the campaign to drive them back out of South-East Asia was one of the hardest fought of the war. The use of air power was a critical factor in achieving Allied victory.

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The Tudor-style railway station at Kalaw, Myanmar (Burma), hasn't changed much since British colonial times.

The Pakokku Bridge (2012) across the Ayeyarwady (Irrawaddy) River near Bagan is the longest bridge in Myanmar (Burma). It's part of a route linking India to Thailand via Mandalay.

This bridge was nicknamed the "Pack of cards bridge" as it collapsed 3 times during construction, 91 prisoners lost their lives through accidents or killed by guards during it construction.

Burma Railway (Local Ticketing Office) in 1900. Source: file photo.