Tuesday, January 8, 2008

The Bridge over the River Kwae

The Bridge over the River Kwae


The internationally famous bridge, as part of the Death Railway linking Thailand and Myanmar, During the Japanese occupation of Thailand in World War II, the Japanese Imperial Army brought the iron bridge from Java. It was then resembled by Allied Prisoners of War (POW) under Japanese supervision. The bridge was part of a strategic railway rote to Myanmar in which the Japanese aimed to secure supplies with which to conquer other western Asian coutries.


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