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Burma-Thailand Death Railroad (1942): VIDEOS
Burma Death Railway (1945)
March 17, 2019 • Duration: 03:41
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Built between 1942 and 1947 by Allied prisoners of war and native slave labor, and extending from Ban Pong, Thailand, to Thanbyuzayat, Burma, the Burma-Thailand railway was intended to supply Japanese forces fighting in Burma. As World War II progressed, American submarines and Allied aircraft had increasingly threatened Japanese cargo ships in the Indian Ocean.
