And so it was decided that a railway connecting Thailand and Burma would be constructed through dense tropical jungle over hilly terrain with hundreds of rivers, including the Kwae Noi River ...

Seventy-five years ago, in June 1942, the Japanese Occupation Army commissioned the construction of the Thai-Burma Railway that later gained its infamous name, the Death Railway.

Officially called the Burma Railway, this 415-kilometer track was built by the Japanese during World War II to connect Thailand and ... guide Hellfire Pass Memorial Museum: Located near Nam ...