Hackaday9y
Hacking When It Counts: Surviving The Burma Death Railway
In the early days of World War II, the Japanese army invaded Burma (now Myanmar ... and the ways that the prisoners who built it managed to stay alive is a fascinating case study in making ...
Remembering Tamil victims of the 'death railway' 80 years on
The remains of 106 Tamil laborers who toiled on the Thailand-Burma Railway under Japanese occupation have been cremated in a ...
The Economist1y
Jack Jennings was one of the Allied POWs who built the Burma Railway
The railway in question was to run from Ban Pong in Thailand to Thanbyuzayat in Burma (now Myanmar), for ... Asian civilians and 60,000 Allied prisoners-of-war. Mr Jennings found himself in ...
Indiatimes17d
What’s Thailand’s Death Railway all about?
The Death Railway in Thailand, also known as the Burma Railway, was built during World War II by the Japanese. It stands as a reminder of the sacrifices and hardships endured by Allied prisoners ...