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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:railway_line
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
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gptkb:Death_Railway
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gptkbp:buildingCompleted
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1943
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gptkbp:built
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gptkb:World_War_II
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gptkbp:builtBy
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gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Army
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gptkbp:connects
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gptkb:Thanbyuzayat
gptkb:Ban_Pong
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gptkbp:constructionStartYear
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1940
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gptkbp:gauge
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metre gauge
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Burma Railway
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gptkbp:length
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415 km
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:Myanmar
gptkb:Thailand
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gptkbp:memorialsLocatedAt
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gptkb:Kanchanaburi_War_Cemetery
gptkb:Thanbyuzayat_War_Cemetery
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gptkbp:notableBuilding
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gptkb:Bridge_on_the_River_Kwai
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gptkbp:notableEvent
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Allied bombing raids
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gptkbp:notableFor
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gptkb:Hellfire_Pass
gptkb:Three_Pagodas_Pass
gptkb:Wampo_Viaduct
malnutrition
tunnels
forced labor
starvation
war crimes
cholera outbreaks
harsh conditions
tropical diseases
engineering challenges
POW camps
high death toll
slave labor
postwar trials
brutality of guards
cuttings and embankments
dysentery outbreaks
malaria outbreaks
remembrance ceremonies
wooden trestle bridges
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gptkbp:numberOfAsianLaborersUsed
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over 180,000
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gptkbp:numberOfPOWsUsed
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over 60,000
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gptkbp:operatedBy
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gptkb:Myanmar_Railways
gptkb:State_Railway_of_Thailand
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gptkbp:purpose
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military supply route
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gptkbp:subjectOf
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gptkb:The_Bridge_on_the_River_Kwai_(film)
gptkb:The_Narrow_Road_to_the_Deep_North_(novel)
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gptkbp:UNESCOStatus
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gptkb:list
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gptkbp:victim
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over 100,000
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:The_Narrow_Road_to_the_Deep_North
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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