WW2 prisoners died building a railway for the Japanese

During World War Two the Japanese forced prisoners of war 
to build a 400km railway from Thailand to Myanmar (then Burma).
Tens of thousands died during the construction and it became known 
as the "death railway".

Former British POW, Cyril Doy, describes in graphic detail how he survived sickness, starvation and humiliation while building the famous railway 
bridge over the River Kwai.

Witness:The stories of our times told by the people who were there.

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/stories-45334160/ww2-prisoners-

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*foto (pinterest):Japanese Forces - Burma Railway. 

Australian prisoners of war carry heavy wooden sleepers 

in the construction of the Burma Railway, near Thanbyuzayat,1943