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(Image: Patrick Hayward) Bert, of Bitterne, was a prisoner-of-war for three and a half years during the Second World War — spending 18 months labouring on the notorious Siam-Burma Death Railway, which ...
The construction of the Burma Railway, also known as the Death Railway and the Siam–Burma Railway, claimed the lives of many Allied prisoners of war during the Second World War. The POWs were forced ...
These are my favorite films from 1957. This was an extremely iconic and diverse year for film, and includes multiple classics. I’d have to say Sidney Lumet’s “12 Angry Men” is my favorite film of the ...
More than 3,000 people have now died from the 7.7 magnitude earthquake that struck Burma last week, which destroyed thousands of buildings and sent the war-torn country into a deeper humanitarian ...
They would spend three and a half years of hard labour building the Burma Railway, which became known as the "death railway" due to the loss of life suffered. It will be the first time a new roll ...
The death toll from the devastating earthquake that rocked Burma and Thailand on Friday has risen sharply to more than 1,650 victims. The earthquake's epicenter was in central Burma, where 1,644 ...
Burma’s military-led government announced that the death toll from Friday’s earthquake rose to 3,085, while 4,715 people were injured and another 341 are missing. "With infrastructure ...
Amy (played by Odessa Young), to his harrowing experiences as a Japanese prisoner of war forced to work on the infamous Burma Death Railway during World War II. The series explores themes of love ...