The real story of what came to be known as the Burma Death Railway is far grislier than any movie could make it, and the ways that the prisoners who built it managed to stay alive is a fascinating ...

Tragically, during the construction of projects like the infamous Death Railway (Siam-Burma Railway) in neighbouring countries during the Japanese occupation, an estimated 45,000 workers perished ...

Built between June 1942 and October 1943, the "Death Railway" remains ... forcibly brought in to build the railway line between Siam (now Thailand) and Burma (now Myanmar), under the command ...

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 of ...

His father, Arch Flanagan, was a survivor of the infamous Thai-Burma Death Railway, built during World War II by Allied prisoners of war under harrowing conditions.

Wing Commander Clive Beadon was dive-bombing the Burma-Siam railway in an RAF Liberator, similar to the plane pictured, when his aircraft was hit - The Print Collector via Getty Images)/Hulton Archive ...