Their death rate was about 20% ... pieces of history," said Thansawath Saranyathadawong, a local who maps the railway with his team of friends and enthusiasts. "Tourists come here to see the ...

After 14 grueling months — and at the cost of 100,000 lives — the 260-mile “Death Railway” stood finished; less than two years later, a barrage of revolutionary American weapons saw to its ...

Arumugam Kandasamy (centre) pictured with dance icon Ramli Ibrahim and Chandrasekaran Ponnusamy, president of the Death Railway Interest Group, in May last year. (Ramli Ibrahim pic) Arumugam ...

The remaining sailors and marines, including Sizemore, were captured by the Japanese and found themselves building the Burma – Thailand railway as prisoners of war. Sizemore was in a camp in ...

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 ...