EPISODE · Oct 17, 2025
17th October 1943: The Thailand–Burma ‘Death’ Railway completed using forced labour including Allied prisoners of war
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The Japanese used approximately 60,000 POWs, mainly British, Dutch, Australian, and American, to construct the railway alongside an estimated 180,000 to 250,000 Asian civilians. It is estimated that around 12,000 Allied prisoners and up to 90,000 civilians died during ...
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