Burma Railway construction

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Burma_Railway_construction
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Death_Railway
gptkbp:beganIn October 1942
gptkbp:commemoratedBy gptkb:Kanchanaburi_War_Cemetery
gptkb:Thanbyuzayat_War_Cemetery
gptkbp:conductedBy gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Army
gptkbp:conflict gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:deathTollAsianLaborers estimated 90,000
gptkbp:deathTollPOWs over 12,000
gptkbp:documentedIn gptkb:The_Bridge_on_the_River_Kwai_(film)
gptkb:The_Narrow_Road_to_the_Deep_North_(novel)
gptkb:The_Railway_Man_(film)
gptkb:Surviving_the_Death_Railway_(book)
gptkbp:endDate October 1943
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Burma Railway construction
gptkbp:involvedPrisonersOfWar yes
gptkbp:lengthOfRailway 415 km
gptkbp:location gptkb:Thailand
Burma
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Hellfire_Pass
gptkbp:notableModel gptkb:Lt._Col._Philip_Toosey
gptkbp:notableSite gptkb:Bridge_on_the_River_Kwai
gptkbp:numberOfAsianLaborers over 180,000
gptkbp:numberOfPOWs over 60,000
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Burma_Railway
gptkbp:purpose military supply route
gptkbp:usedForcedLabor yes
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Japanese_occupation_of_Burma
gptkb:Japanese_occupation_(1942-1945)
gptkb:Japanese_occupation_of_Southeast_Asia
gptkb:Southeast_Asian_theatre_of_World_War_II
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6