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Kanchanaburi
War Cemetery
This
cemetery contains the remains of 6,982 war prisoners who lost
their lives during the captivity by the Japanese Army that
forced them to build the Bridge over the River Kwai and the
Death Railway.
The
Japanese, following their invasion of Thailand during World
War II, brought British, Dutch, Australian and American prisoners
to Thailand by the Southern route. Impressed laborers were
also used to complete the rushed construction of the railroad,
which is an alternative to the sea route to Rangoon via Singapore
and the Strait of Malacca, the sea route then being closed
by allied submarines and aircraft.
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