World War II Death Railway route

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/World_War_II_Death_Railway_route
GPTKB entity
Statements (29)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:railway_line
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Burma_Railway
Thailand–Burma Railway
gptkbp:buildingCompleted 1943
gptkbp:built gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:builtBy gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Army
gptkbp:constructionStartYear 1942
gptkbp:countryOfOperation gptkb:Myanmar
gptkb:Thailand
gptkbp:endPoint Thanbyuzayat, Myanmar
gptkbp:estimatedDeathsAsianLaborers tens of thousands
gptkbp:estimatedDeathsPOWs over 12,000
gptkbp:featuredIn gptkb:The_Bridge_on_the_River_Kwai_(film)
gptkbp:gauge metre gauge
gptkbp:historicalSignificance symbol of wartime suffering
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label World War II Death Railway route
gptkbp:length 415 km
gptkbp:memorial gptkb:Kanchanaburi_War_Cemetery
gptkb:Thanbyuzayat_War_Cemetery
gptkbp:notableBuilding gptkb:Bridge_on_the_River_Kwai
gptkbp:notableEvent forced labor
war crimes
gptkbp:numberOfAsianLaborersUsed over 180,000
gptkbp:numberOfPOWsUsed over 60,000
gptkbp:operatedBy State Railway of Thailand (partially, postwar)
gptkbp:purpose military supply line
gptkbp:startPoint Ban Pong, Thailand
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Tenasserim_Hills
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7