Thai-Burma Railway

Japanese: 泰緬鉄道 - たいめんてつどう

("Tai" means Thailand and "Meng" means Burma) In 1942 during the Pacific War, the Japanese military built a railway between Tambizayah in Burma and Nong Pladuk in Thailand to supply supplies to Burma (Myanmar). It was about 415 km long and completed the following year. It was called the "Death Railway" because many Allied POWs and local workers mobilized for the work died.

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Japanese:

(「泰」はタイ、「緬」はビルマの意) 太平洋戦争中の昭和一七年（一九四二）、日本軍がビルマ（ミャンマー）への物資補給のため、ビルマのタムビザヤとタイのノンブラドック間に建設した鉄道。全長約四一五キロメートル。完成は翌一八年。作業に動員された連合国軍捕虜と現地人労働者の多数が死亡したため、「死の鉄道」と呼ばれた。

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